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Table 5 Prevalence of anaemia and severity as affected by malaria parasite and nutritional status

From: Nutritional status of children in a malaria meso endemic area: cross sectional study on prevalence, intensity, predictors, influence on malaria parasitaemia and anaemia severity

Parameter

Malaria parasite status

Positive

Negative

Nutritional status

Nutritional status

Malnourished

Normal

χ 2

Malnourished

Normal

χ 2

% (n)

% (n)

P

% (n)

% (n)

P

N

41

119

 

62

227

 

Anaemia

43.9 (18)

40.3 (48)

0.16

30.6 (19)

18.5 (42)

4.31

0.69

0.04

Mild

39.0 (16)

35.3 (42)

0.36

17.7 (11)

16.7 (38)

15.50

Moderate

2.4 (1)

3.4 (4)

6.5 (4)

0.9 (2)

Severe

2.4 (1)

1.7 (2)

0.95

6.5 (4)

0.9 (2)

0.001

Non-anaemic

56.1 (23)

59.7 (71)

69.4 (43)

81.5 (185)

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