10.17037/DATA.00005164
Anonymized dataset of 354 pre-school age children (PSAC) with Schistosoma mansoni infection and 61 schistosomiasis-negative PSAC from Albertine Region of Western Uganda. Participants were recruited between April 2021 and February 2023. Dataset includes demographic variables, schistosomiasis infection parameters, anthropometric data as well as intestinal and systemic inflammatory markers.
| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| ID | Participant ID | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Age | Age (months) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| EPG | Schistosome eggs per gram of stool | Open ended | Integer | |
| CAA | Circulating Anodic Antigen (pg/ml) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Calprotectin | Calprotectin (µg/mL) | Open ended | Integer | |
| FOB | Presence of Faecal Ocult Blood | String | ||
| Absent | Absent | |||
| Present | Present | |||
| IFABP | Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein (pg/mL) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| EndoCAb | Endotoxin core Antibody (GMU/mL) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| AAT | Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (µg/mL) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| SchistoInfxn | Schistosomiasis Infection status | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Height | Height (cm) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Weight | Weight (kg) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Haemoglobin | Haemoglobin concentration (g/dL) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| LMclean | Lactulose-Mannitol Ratio | Open ended | Numeric | |
| CRPclean | C-reactive protein (mg/L) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| WAZ | Weight-for-Age z-score | Open ended | Numeric | |
| HAZ | Height-for-age z-score | Open ended | Numeric | |
| WHZ | Weight-for-height z-scores | Open ended | Numeric | |
| LMlog | Log Lactulose-Mannitol Ratio | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Calprolog | Log Calprotectin | Open ended | Numeric | |
| IFABPlog | Log Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein | Open ended | Numeric | |
| EndoCablog | Log Endotoxin core Antibody | Open ended | Numeric | |
| CRPlog | Log C-reactive protein | Open ended | Numeric | |
| AATlog | Log Alpha-1 Antitrypsin | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Intensity | Schistosome infection intensity (eggs/gram categories) | Numeric | ||
| Light Infection | 1 | |||
| Moderate Infection | 2 | |||
| Heavy Infection | 3 | |||
| Hblevel | Haemoglobin level (g/dL) | Open ended | Numeric | |
| Sex | Sex | Numeric | ||
| Male | 1 | |||
| Female | 2 | |||
| SchistoStatus | Schistosomiasis infection status | Numeric | ||
| Negative | 0 | |||
| Positive | 1 | |||
| Anaemia | Anaemia | Numeric | ||
| Moderate Anaemia | 2 | |||
| Mild Anaemia | 3 | |||
| No Anaemia | 4 |