Table 3 Relationship of nutritional status with biological, parasitic, socioeconomic and environmental factors in communities living in Harbu Town, northeastern Ethiopia, May and June 2013
From: Age-related factors influencing the occurrence of undernutrition in northeastern Ethiopia
Variable | Categories | Number | Percent undernourished | Adjusted odds ratio of undernutrition* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Intestinal helminth | Not infected | 329 | 29.27 | 1 |
Infection status | S. mansoni | 129 | 37.98 | 2.21 (0.43, 11.33) |
| Â | A. lumbricoides | 7 | 28.57 | 0.92 (0.11, 7.71) |
| Â | H. nana | 20 | 40.00 | 2.37 (0..46, 12.26) |
| Â | Hookworm | 5 | 60.00 | 4.08 (0.48, 34.59) |
| Â | T. trichiura | 2 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Â | E. vermicularis | 7 | 42.86 | 1.82 (0.30, 10.83) |
| Â | Any helminth | 155 | 36.77 | 0.49 (0.09, 2.66) |
Age in years | <5 | 50 | 48.00 | 1 |
| Â | 5-15 | 189 | 39.36 | 00.86 (0.43, 1.73) |
| Â | >15 | 245 | 22.45 | 0.38 (0.19, 0.79) |
Age as a continuous | Age as a continuous | 384 | 31.68 | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) |
Sex | Female | 307 | 27.04 | 1 |
| Â | Male | 177 | 39.77 | 20.13 (1.36, 3.34) |