Research Article
Nutritional Status and Intestinal Parasite in School Age Children: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Predictors of underweight in school age children (
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| Variable | Underweight | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | value | Yes | No |
| Sex | | | 0.79 [0.62–0.92] | 0.61 [0.47–0.78] | <0.01 | Female | 253 | 899 | | | | Male | 331 | 889 | | | |
| Latrine | | | 0.61 [0.5–0.76] | 0.64 [0.48–0.85] | <0.01 | Available | 403 | 1402 | | | | Not available | 181 | 386 | | | |
| Age | | | 0.26 [0.2–0.32] | 0.21 [0.16–0.28] | <0.01 | 13 | 116 | 878 | | | | <13 | 468 | 910 | | | |
| Intestinal parasitic infection | | | 3.34 [2.65–4.22] | 2.67 [2–3.55] | <0.01 | Yes | 471 | 992 | | | | No | 113 | 796 | | | |
| Family size | | | 19 [14.98–24.11] | 23 [17.67–30.02] | <0.01 | >4 | 407 | 193 | | | | 4 | 177 | 1595 | | | |
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