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Table 5 The status of malnutrition in intestinal parasitic infected and non-infected children according to the cutoff point of -2SD Scores

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

 

Infected with intestinal parasites (92)

Not- infected (313)

HAZ

Z-score ≤ −2SD

22 (23.9)

80 (25.6)

(stunting)

Z-score > 2SD

70 (76.1)

233 (74.4)

WAZ

Z-score ≤ −2SD

15 (16.3)

46 (14.7)

(under weight)

Z-score > 2SD

77 (83.7)

267 (85.3)

BMI/age

Z-score ≤ 2SD

10 (10.9)

26 (8.3)

(thinness/wasting)

Z-score > 2SD

82 (89.1)

287 (91.7)