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Table 3 Multiple analysis of nutritional status 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

  

HAZ

WAZ

WHZ

Variables

Category

Coefficient (β) (95% CI)

p value

Coefficient (β) (95% CI)

p value

Coefficient (β) (95% CI)

p value

Gender

Male

1

 

1

 

1

 

Female

− 0.05 (− 0.12, 0.04)

0.338

− 0.14 (− 0.23, − 0.05)

0.003

− 0.02 (− 0.09, 0.06)

0.668

Age (Years)

1–6

1

 

1

 

1

 

7–12

− 0.04 (− 0.11, 0.04)

0.413

− 0.11 (− 0.19, − 0.02)

0.021

− 0.02 (− 0.09, 0.02)

0.644

No. of rooms

1–2

1

 

1

 

1

 

>  2

0.05 (− 0.04, 0.12)

0.286

− 0.05 (− 0.14, 0.04)

0.305

0.08 (− 0.01, 0.15)

0.070

Family members

≤ 5

1

 

1

 

1

 

> 5

−0.09 (− 0.16, − 0.01)

0.046

0.01 (− 0.08, 0.10)

0.853

0.07 (− 0.02, 0.13)

0.143

Deworming period

≤ 6 months

1

 

1

 

1

 

> 6 months

0.03 (−0.05, 0.10)

0.507

0.03 (−0.06, 0.12)

0.524

−0.03 (− 0.10, 0.05)

0.501

Infection intensity

Negative

1

 

1

 

1

 

Light

−0.02 (−0.12, 0.08)

0.713

0.02 (−0.09, 0.14)

0.660

0.02 (−0.08, 0.11)

0.710

Moderate

0.02 (−0.10, 0.15)

0.689

0.06 (−0.06, 0.23)

0.229

0.01 (−0.07, 0.09)

0.618

Heavy

0.06 (−0.05, 0.24)

0.209

−0.04 (− 0.24, 0.10)

0.433

− 0.11 (− 0.31, − 0.03)

0.020

Infection status

Negative

1

 

1

 

1

 

Positive

0.01 (−0.07, 0.09)

0.820

0.03 (−0.06, 0.12)

0.510

−0.03 (− 0.10, 0.05)

0.455