Table 3.
Weight status of malaria and/or helminth infected cases at Alaba Health Center, southern Ethiopia, in November and December 2007
| Infection type | Weight status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade3 thinness %(N) | Grade 2 thinness %(N) | Grade 1 thinness %(N) | Normal %(N) | Overweight %(N) | Obese %(N) | Total (N) | |
| Malaria | 18.7(38) | 5(10) | 14.3(29) | 42.4(86) | 15.8(32) | 3.9(8) | 203 |
| Malaria/Hw | 13.5(14) | 6.7(7) | 16.7(17) | 50(52) | 10.6(11) | 2.9(3) | 104 |
| Malaria/Al | 16.7(8) | 4.2(2) | 8.3(4) | 64.6(31) | - | 6.3(3) | 48 |
| Malaria/Tt | 21.4(3) | 21.4(3) | - | 35.7(5) | 21.4(3) | - | 14 |
| Malaria/mih | 26(19) | 2.7(2) | 12.3(9) | 56.2(41) | - | 2.7(2) | 73 |