Anemia and Associated Factors among Public Elementary School Children in Asella Town, Southeast Ethiopia: A Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Anthropometric and clinical characteristics of school-age children in public primary school students in Asella Town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2022.

Variables	Category	Number	Percent (%)
Intestinal parasite in stool	Yes	32	7.4
	No	403	92.6
Types of intestinal parasites (n = 32)	Ascariasis lumbricoides	11	34.4
	Hookworm	15	46.9
	Amebiasis	3	9.4
	Giardia	3	9.4
Underweight	Yes	70	16.1
	No	365	83.9
Stunting	Yes	29	6.7
	No	406	93.3