Table 3.

Correlation matrix of biological, socio-economic, environmental, and micronutrient status variables affecting the children’s BMIZ and HAZ-scores (n = 376)

	Sex male	Black	White	Birth order	SES ex-low	Hel-minth	De-worm	Mat. Wt.	Mat. Ht.	Se	Zn	Hb	BMIZ	HAZ
Sex (male)	1.00
Ethnicity (black)	0.161	1.00
Ethnicity (white)	−0.08	−0.21	1.00
Birth order (≥3)	0.08	0.09	−0.08	1.00
SES (extremely low)	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.151	1.00
Helminth infection	0.161	0.04	−0.121	0.141	0.141	1.00
De-worming treatment	−0.04	0.08	−0.05	0.08	0.02	−0.10	1.00
Maternal weight	−0.01	−0.03	0.00	0.01	−0.131	0.02	0.05	1.00
Maternal height	−0.00	−0.04	0.04	−0.221	−0.04	0.00	−0.01	0.332	1.00
Serum Se	0.131	−0.01	0.03	−0.06	−0.07	−0.151	−0.01	−0.09	0.05	1.00
Serum Zn	0.00	0.01	0.01	−0.111	−0.01	−0.131	0.09	−0.08	0.05	0.151	1.00
Haemoglobin (Hb)	0.00	0.00	0.06	−0.06	−0.111	−0.151	0.02	0.11	0.04	0.222	0.171	1.00
BMIZ	−0.02	0.04	−0.07	−0.06	−0.201	−0.03	0.07	0.282	−0.05	0.05	−0.06	0.181	1.00
HAZ	−0.04	−0.06	−0.03	−0.141	−0.09	−0.08	0.02	0.302	0.392	0.04	−0.08	0.09	0.181	1.00

SES socio-economic status, mat maternal, BMIZ body mass index Z-score, HAZ height-for-age Z-score

¹ p < 0.05; ² p < 0.001