Table 2.

Nutritional indicator and parasitic infection

	Nutritional indicator
	Underweight (WAZ < − 2SD)	Stunting (HAZ < − 2SD)	Wasting/thinness (WHZ < − 2SD)/(BAZ < − 2SD)
	NI (%)	NI (%)	NI (%)
Intestinal helminths infection
Positive	28 (73.7)	51 (77.3)	14 (73.7)
Negative	10 (26.3)	15 (22.7)	5 (26.3)
p-value	0.551	0.995	0.694
Schistosomiasis
Positive	2 (5.3)	3 (4.5)	1 (5.3)
Negative	36 (94.7)	63 (95.5)	18 (94.7)
p-value	0.602	0.286	0.730
Co-infection of schistosomiasis and intestinal helminths
Positive	2 (5.3)	3 (4.5)	0 (0)
Negative	36 (94.7)	63 (95.5)	19 (100)
p-value	0.830	0.525	–
Total	38 (22.8)	66 (39.5)	19 (11.4)