Table 3 Characteristics of the participating children based on allergy, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Boys

Age

12.44 ± 2.62

12.25 ± 3.33

0.056*

Height

141.76 ± 16.24

147.59 ± 16.44

0.229

Weight

35.54 ± 10.25

37.53 ± 12.46

0.519

HAZ

−1.43 ± 1.21

−0.52 ± 0.96

0.011*

WAZ

−1.26 ± 1.03

−0.85 ± 0.82

0.176

BMIZ

−0.61 ± 1.27

−0.88 ± 0.87

0.460

Parasitic infection

0.21 ± 0.41

0.42 ± 0.51

0.102

Total IgE (IU/ml)

1809.59 ± 3037.425

1257.00 ± 1212.94

0.690

Girls

Age

11.72 ± 2.25

14.00 ± 4.00

0.019*

Height

138.83 ± 13.28

142.67 ± 15.11

0.490

Weight

34.96 ± 9.15

40.58 ± 17.37

0.154

HAZ

−1.35 ± 1.40

−1.63 ± 0.58

0.637

WAZ

−0.89 ± 1.00

−1.06 ± 1.21

0.676

BMIZ

−0.27 ± 1.43

−0.32 ± 1.01

0.941

Parasitic infection

0.23 ± 0.42

0.33 ± 0.52

0.543

Total IgE (IU/ml)

2000.98 ± 3127.71

1267.67 ± 1793.02

0.692