Table 3.
Association of intestinal helminth infection, sex and age with undernutrition and anaemia among children in in Abchikeli and Ayalew Mekonnen elementary schools, northwest Ethiopia, February and March 2010
| Undernutrition | Anaemia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Categories | Yes | No | AORa [95 % CI] | Yes | No | AORa [95 % CI] |
| Helminth infection | Non-infected | 55 | 118 | - | 3 | 170 | - |
| A. lumbricoides | 13 | 13 | 2.16 [0.85, 5.53] | 0 | 26 | NA | |
| Hookworm | 44 | 101 | 1.42 [0.80, 2.52] | 23 | 122 | 8.87 [2.28, 34.58] | |
| T. trichiura | 0 | 5 | NA | 0 | 5 | NA | |
| Any | 69 | 142 | 1.28 [0.79, 2.09] | 38 | 173 | 10.65 [2.96,38.39] | |
| Single | 57 | 119 | 1.41 [0.85, 2.33] | 23 | 153 | 8.11 [2.20, 29.88] | |
| Double | 10 | 23 | 0.53 [0.17, 1.65] | 15 | 18 | 43.56 [8.42, 225.55] | |
| Triple | 2 | 0 | NA | 0 | 2 | NA | |
| Age in years | 5-9 | 55 | 120 | - | 13 | 162 | - |
| 10-14 | 69 | 140 | 1.36 [0.76, 2.43] | 28 | 181 | 0.61 [0.22, 1.71] | |
| Sex | Male | 54 | 118 | - | 17 | 155 | - |
| Female | 70 | 142 | 1.17 [0.73, 1.86] | 24 | 188 | 1.06 [0.49, 2.26] | |
NA: not applicable
AORa (adjusted odds ratio): adjusted for age, sex, helminth infection, education status of parents, grade level of the children, house floor nature, presence of latrine, hand washing habit before eating, drinking water source, place of residence and religious status: based on two (for anaemia and undernutrition) independent multivariable regression models