Table 4.
Association between Nutritional Status and Intestinal Parasitic Infection, Primary School, Angolela, Ethiopia, October 2008
| Among Boys | Among Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z-score | Any Protozoa Infection OR (95% CI) | Any Heliminitic Infection OR (95% CI) | Any Protozoa Infection OR (95% CI) | Any Heliminitic Infection OR (95% CI) |
| WAZ | ||||
| >0 | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) |
| 0 to −1 | 0.48(0.13 – 1.83) | 0.64 (0.12 – 3.31) | 0.56 (0.18 – 1.77) | 0.7(0.09 – 5.24) |
| −1 to −2 | 0.57(0.16 – 2.03) | 0.39 (0.07 – 2.24) | 0.97 (0.28 – 3.30) | 0.77(0.1–5.74) |
| −2 to −3 | 0.56(0.12 – 2.60) | 0.64 (0.09 – 4.56) | 0.51 (0.12 – 2.16) | †-- |
| < −3 | 1.77(0.31 – 10.03) | 0.63 (0.05 – 7.32) | 2.83 (0.42 – 19.00) | 2.06(0.17–25.68) |
| HAZ | ||||
| >0 | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) |
| 0 to −1 | 0.79(0.415 – 1.526) | 0.66 (0.241 – 1.79) | 0.89 (0.50 – 1.59) | 1.55 (0.47 – 5.15) |
| −1 to −2 | 1.72(0.944 – 3.127) | 0.66 (0.242 – 1.80) | 1.01 (0.53 – 1.95) | 1.13 (0.26 – 4.91) |
| −2 to −3 | 2.00(0.812 – 4.956) | 0.71 (0.149 – 3.35) | 0.85 (0.37 – 1.95) | 0.66 (0.075 – 5.91) |
| < −3 | 0.29(0.035 – 2.328) | 0.81 (0.09 – 6.88) | †-- | 11.83 (1.72 – 81.62) |
| BAZ | ||||
| >0 | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) | 1.00(Reference) |
| 0 to −1 | 1.04(0.44 – 2.47) | 1.98 (0.18 – 21.29) | 1.16 (0.57 – 2.37) | 0.52 (0.08 – 3.42) |
| −1 to −2 | 1.02(0.42 – 2.46) | 2.29 (0.28 – 19.07) | 0.77 (0.370 – 1.59) | 0.62 (0.12 – 3.25) |
| −2 to −3 | 0.99(0.37 – 2.68) | 1.69 (0.19 – 14.45) | 0.91 (0.39 – 2.09) | 0.17 (0.02 – 1.27) |
| < −3 | 3.88(1.11 – 13.52) | 1.04 (0.10 – 10.75) | 0.56 (0.16 – 1.95) | 0.74 (0.12 – 4.52) |
*
Adjusted for age (continuous)
†
OR could not be calculated because of small sample size