Table 2 Associations between intestinal worm infection and thinness confounded by anemia and low IQ
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaemia (first) | Thinness | Anaemia (altitude adjusted) | Thinness | Low process IQ | Thinness | Low memory IQ | Thinness | |
Intestinal worm infection | 0.19 (0.11) | 0.22 (0.18) | 0.24** (0.12) | 0.22 (0.18) | 0.61*** (0.09) | 0.22 (0.18) | 0.81*** (0.15) | 0.22 (0.18) |
Low memory IQ | 0.01 (0.27) | |||||||
Low process IQ | 0.01 (0.18) | |||||||
Anaemia (altitude adjusted) | 0.17 (0.22) | |||||||
Anaemia (first) | 0.18 (0.22) | |||||||
Ethnic minority | −0.11 (0.18) | 1.16** (0.46) | − 0.11 (0.19) | 1.16** (0.46) | − 0.11 (0.15) | 1.15** (0.46) | − 0.05 (0.23) | 1.15** (0.46) |
Gender | −0.08 (0.11) | 0.13 (0.18) | −0.06 (0.12) | 0.13 (0.18) | 0.16* (0.09) | 0.13 (0.18) | 0.08 (0.13) | 0.13 (0.18) |
Grade | −0.16*** (0.06) | 0.03 (0.09) | −0.18*** (0.06) | 0.03 (0.09) | −0.25*** (0.05) | 0.02 (0.09) | −0.11* (0.07) | 0.02 (0.09) |
Boarding | 0.08 (0.13) | −0.18 (0.21) | 0.05 (0.13) | −0.18 (0.21) | 0.05 (0.10) | −0.18 (0.21) | 0.50*** (0.17) | −0.18 (0.21) |
Migrant mother | 0.07 (0.14) | 0.14 (0.22) | 0.11 (0.14) | 0.14 (0.22) | −0.19* (0.11) | 0.14 (0.22) | −0.01 (0.16) | 0.14 (0.22) |
Migrant father | −0.03 (0.14) | 0.05 (0.21) | −0.06 (0.14) | 0.05 (0.21) | 0.22* (0.11) | 0.05 (0.21) | −0.05 (0.16) | 0.05 (0.21) |
Household size | −0.12** (0.06) | −0.12 (0.09) | − 0.15** (0.06) | −0.12 (0.09) | − 0.06 (0.04) | −0.12 (0.09) | − 0.11* (0.06) | −0.12 (0.09) |
Number of siblings | −0.08 (0.08) | 0.08 (0.13) | −0.03 (0.09) | 0.08 (0.13) | −0.03 (0.06) | 0.08 (0.13) | 0.01 (0.09) | 0.08 (0.13) |
Constant | −0.19 (0.37) | −3.54*** (0.69) | −0.15 (0.38) | − 3.54*** (0.69) | 1.49*** (0.30) | − 3.48*** (0.70) | 2.61*** (0.43) | − 3.48*** (0.73) |
Pseudo R2 | 0.0135 | 0.0143 | 0.0156 | 0.0142 | 0.0326 | 0.0137 | 0.0355 | 0.0137 |
Observations | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 |