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Table 2 Nutritional characteristics of the study group

From: Prevalence and intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infections in relation to undernutrition among children in a tea plantation community, Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study

 

Infection status

 

Intensity of infections

 

Nutritional indicators

Infected

Non-infected

p-valueb

Light

Moderate

Heavy

p-valuec

Stunted (< − 2 SD HAZ)

45 (39.5)

69 (60.5)

0.797

19 (42.2)

15 (33.3)

11 (24.4)

0.519

Underweight (<− 2 SD WAZ)

89 (40.5)

131 (59.5)

0.409

44 (49.4)

32 (36.0)

13 (14.6)

0.259

Wasted (< − 2 SD WHZ)

35 (35.7)

63 (64.3)

0.534

23 (65.7)

10 (28.6)

2 (5.7)

0.123

Mean HAZ scorea

−1.32 (1.19)

− 1.21 (1.10)

0.309

− 1.13 (1.35)

− 1.39 (1.02)

− 1.69 (0.84)

0.055

Mean WAZ scorea

− 1.83 (0.85)

− 1.74 (0.94)

0.276

− 1.82 (0.94)

− 1.89 (0.72)

−1.80 (0.82)

0.674

Mean WHZ scorea

−1.65 (0.96)

−1.63 (1.08)

0.884

−1.28 (1.03)

− 1.62 (0.80)

−1.80 (0.92)

0.090

  1. aFor continuous variables, values in parentheses are the standard deviation
  2. bIndependent t-test used for continuous variables and chi-square test used for discrete variables
  3. cOne-way ANOVA used for continuous variables and chi-square test used for discrete variables