Table 5.
Prevalence and odds ratio of growth restriction by parasite carriage
| Underweight | Stunting | Wasting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | OR [95% CI] | p (Χ2) | N | % | OR [95% CI] | p (Χ2) | n | % | OR [95% CI] | p (Χ2) | |
| Any Parasite | ||||||||||||
| Absent | 14/91 | 15.4 | 1 | 0.223 | 45/91 | 49.5 | 1 | 5/91 | 5.4 | 1 | ||
| Present | 4/49 | 8.2 | 0.49 [0.15–1.59] | 22/49 | 44.9 | 0.83 [0.41–1.68] | 0.607 | 2/49 | 4.1 | 0.73 [0.13–3.95] | 0.714 | |
| Any Helminth | ||||||||||||
| absent | 18/128 | 14.1 | 1 | 62/128 | 48.4 | 1 | 6/128 | 4.7 | 1 | |||
| Present | 0/12 | 0 | – | – | 5/12 | 41.7 | 0.76 [0.22–2.53] | 0.653 | 1/12 | 8.3 | [0.20–16.94] | 0.580 |
| Any Protozoa | ||||||||||||
| absent | 14/103 | 13.6 | 1 | 50/103 | 48.5 | 1 | 6/103 | 5.8 | 1 | |||
| Present | 4/37 | 10.8 | 0.77 [0.24–2.52] | 0.665 | 17/37 | 46.0 | 0.90 [0.42–1.92] | 0.786 | 1/37 | 2.7 | 0.45 [0.05–3.91] | 0.455 |
Odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals of underweight, stunting and wasting as presence of absence of enteroparasite. P value calculated from Chi-squared