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Table 1 Comparison of anthropometric measurements of children with and without intestinal parasitic infection, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

From: Nutritional status, intestinal parasite infection and allergy among school children in Northwest Ethiopia

 

Infected with

Not infected with intestinal

P value

intestinal parasites

parasites

(n = 92, 22.7%)

(n = 313, 77.3%)

Boys (49/218)

   

Age

11.51 ± 2.82

12.69 ± 2.55

0.006*

Height

136.33 ± 17.35

143.75 ± 15.60

0.005*

HAZ

−1.50 ± 1.59

−1.34 ± 1.08

0.4

Weight

31.87 ± 9.96

36.74 ± 10.25

0.004*

WAZ

−1.40 ± 1.43

−1.18 ± 0.86

0.2

BMI/age

−0.76 ± 1.77

−0.57 ± 1.06

0.3

Girls (43/187)

   

Age

10.81 ± 2.22

12.08 ± 2.31

0.002*

Height

135.17 ± 13.45

140.08 ± 13.12

0.034*

HAZ

−1.23 ± 1.64

−1.40 ± 1.30

0.478

Weight

31.54 ± 8.16

36.21 ± 9.62

0.004*

WAZ

−0.90 ± 0.84

−0.89 ± 1.05

0.934

BMI/age

−0.55 ± 2.01

−0.19 ± 1.17

0.143

  1. * Significantly different between infected and non infected (P < 0.05).