Table 4 Associations between intestinal worm infection and stunting confounded by anemia and low IQ
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anaemia (first) | Stunting | Anaemia (altitude adjusted) | Stunting | Low process IQ | Stunting | Low memory IQ | Stunting | |
Intestinal worm infection | 0.19 (0.11) | 0.49*** (0.10) | 0.24** (0.12) | 0.49*** (0.10) | 0.61*** (0.09) | 0.42*** (0.10) | 0.81*** (0.15) | 0.44*** (0.10) |
Low memory IQ | 0.75*** (0.18) | |||||||
Low process IQ | 0.59*** (0.11) | |||||||
Anaemia (altitude adjusted) | 0.16 (0.13) | |||||||
Anaemia (first) | 0.10 (0.12) | |||||||
Ethnic minority | −0.11 (0.18) | 0.24 (0.17) | −0.11 (0.19) | 0.24 (0.17) | −0.11 (0.15) | 0.24 (0.17) | −0.05 (0.23) | 0.24 (0.17) |
Gender | −0.08 (0.11) | −0.16 (0.10) | − 0.06 (0.12) | −0.16 (0.10) | 0.16* (0.09) | −0.18* (0.10) | 0.08 (0.13) | −0.17* (0.10) |
Grade | −0.16*** (0.06) | −0.19*** (0.05) | − 0.18*** (0.06) | −0.19*** (0.05) | − 0.25*** (0.05) | −0.16*** (0.05) | − 0.11* (0.07) | −0.19*** (0.05) |
Boarding | 0.08 (0.13) | 0.32*** (0.11) | 0.05 (0.13) | 0.32*** (0.11) | 0.05 (0.10) | 0.32*** (0.11) | 0.50*** (0.17) | 0.29*** (0.11) |
Migrant mother | 0.07 (0.14) | 0.01 (0.12) | 0.11 (0.14) | 0.01 (0.12) | −0.19* (0.11) | 0.03 (0.12) | −0.01 (0.16) | 0.01 (0.12) |
Migrant father | −0.03 (0.14) | 0.03 (0.12) | −0.06 (0.14) | 0.03 (0.12) | 0.22* (0.11) | 0.00 (0.12) | −0.05 (0.16) | 0.03 (0.12) |
Household size | −0.12** (0.06) | −0.05 (0.05) | − 0.15** (0.06) | −0.05 (0.05) | − 0.06 (0.04) | −0.04 (0.05) | − 0.11* (0.06) | −0.04 (0.05) |
Number of siblings | −0.08 (0.08) | 0.14** (0.07) | −0.03 (0.09) | 0.14** (0.07) | −0.03 (0.06) | 0.15** (0.07 | 0.01 (0.09) | 0.14** (0.07) |
Constant | −0.19 (0.37) | −0.65** (0.33) | − 0.15 (0.38) | −0.67** (0.33) | 1.49*** (0.30) | −1.11 *** (0.34) | 2.61*** (0.43) | −1.31*** (0.37) |
Pseudo R2 | 0.0135 | 0.0254 | 0.0156 | 0.0258 | 0.0326 | 0.0372 | 0.0355 | 0.0328 |
Observations | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 | 2175 |