Research Article
The Impact of Parasitic Infestation on Nutritional Status and Micronutrients among Children
Table 7
Relation between serum micronutrients and anthropometric measures among infected children (
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| Variable | | Weight (kg) | Height (cm) | BMI (kg/m2) | -score (percentile) | |
| Iron level | Normal | 18 | | | | -0.2 (45.3) | Low | 122 | | | | -1.6 (8.6) | -test | 10.31 | 11.52 | 4.37 | | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | | Zinc level | Normal | 29 | | | | -0.13 (43) | Low | 111 | | | | -1.3 (6.9) | -test | 11.27 | 10.13 | 2.52 | | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.01 | | Selenium level | Normal | 35 | | | | -0.22 (46.1) | Low | 105 | | | | -1.5 (7.2) | -test | 20.26 | 16.40 | 5.24 | | value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
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SD: standard deviation; : independent -test. Significant ( ). Highly significant ( ). |