Assessment of Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intestinal Parasitosis, Malnutrition, and Anemia among School Children in Ghindae Area, Eritrea

Table 4

Potential risk factors associated with malnutrition, stunting, wasting, and anemia in Ghindae area, Eritrea, 2018 (n = 450).

	Category	Total N (%)	Malnutrition		Low BMI for age		Low height for age		Anemia
			N (%)	COR	N (%)	COR	N (%)	COR	N (%)	COR
Gender	Male	215 (47.8)	82 (38.1)	1	51 (23.8)	1	35 (16.3)	1	20 (9.3)	1
	Female	235 (52.2)	84 (35.7)	0.90 (0.62, 1.32)	44 (18.8)	0.74 (0.47, 1.17)	48 (20.4)	1.32 (.82, 2.14)	36 (15.3)	1.77 (0.98, 3.15)
Age	6–11	279 (62)	89 (31.9)	1	48 (17.3)	1	43 (15.4)	1	30 (10.8)	1
	12–14	171 (38)	77 (45.0)	1.75 (1.18, 2.59)	47 (27.6)	1.83 (1.16, 2.89)	40 (23.4)	1.68 (1.04, 2.71)	26 (15.2)	1.48 (0.85, 2.62)
Religion	Muslim	297 (66.3)	107 (35.9)	1	57 (19.2)	1	58 (19.5)	1	38 (12.8)	1
	Orthodox	136 (30.4)	56 (40.9)	1.23 (0.82, 1.87)	36 (26.5)	1.52 (0.94, 2.45)	24 (17.5)	0.88 (0.52, 1.48)	17 (12.4)	0.97 (0.53, 1.78)
	Catholic	13 (2.9)	2 (15.4)	0.33 (0.07, 1.49)	1 (7.7)	0.35 (0.05, 2.75)	1 (7.7)	0.35 (0.04, 2.71)	1 (7.7)	0.57 (0.07, 4.51)
	Protestant	2 (0.4)	1 (50)	1.79 (0.11, 28.8)	1 (50)	4.21 (0.26, 68.3)	0 (0)	-	0 (0)	-
Grade	1–3	174 (38.7)	55 (31.6)	1	25 (14.5)	1	32 (18.4)	1	23 (13.2)	1
	4–5	112 (24.9)	36 (32.1)	1.03 (0.62, 1.71)	22 (19.6)	1.45 (0.77, 2.72)	16 (14.3)	0.74 (0.38, 1.42)	11 (9.8)	0.98 (0.52, 1.84)
	6–8	164 (36.4)	75 (45.7)	1.82 (1.17, 2.84)	48 (29.4)	2.47 (1.44, 4.25)	35 (21.3)	1.20 (0.71, 2.05)	22 (13.4)	0.70 (0.32, 1.51)
Mother occupation	Housewife	354 (80.1)	123 (34.7)	1	69 (19.5)	1	65 (18.4)	1	49 (13.8)	1
	Other	88 (19.9)	40 (45.5)	1.57 (0.98, 2.51)	24 (27.6)	1.57 (0.92, 2.69)	17 (19.3)	1.07 (0.59, 1.93)	6 (6.8)	0.46 (0.19, 1.10)
Residence area	Urban	383 (85.3)	131 (34.2)	1	66 (17.3)	1	75 (19.6)	1	48 (12.5)	1
	Rural	66 (14.7)	35 (53)	2.17 (1.28, 3.68)	29 (43.9)	3.74 (2.15, 6.51)	8 (12.1)	0.57 (0.26, 1.24)	8 (12.1)	0.96 (0.43, 2.14)
Waste disposal	Improper	106 (23.6)	49 (46.2)	1	31 (29.2)	1	21 (19.8)	1	12 (11.3)	1
	Proper	344 (76.4)	117 (34)	0.6 (0.38, 0.93)	64 (18.7)	0.55 (0.33, 0.91)	62 (18.0)	0.89 (0.51, 1.54)	44 (12.8)	0.87 (0.44, 1.71)
Parental status	Living together	289 (65.4)	109 (37.7)	1	62 (21.5)	1	54 (18.7)	1	37 (12.8)	1
	Divorce	27(6.1)	14 (51.9)	1.77 (0.81, 3.92)	10 (37.0)	2.15 (0.94, 4.94)	4 (14.8)	0.76 (0.25, 2.28)	2 (7.4)	0.89 (0.46, 1.7)
	Widowed	20 (4.5)	2 (10)	0.18 (0.04, 0.81)	1 (5)	0.19 (0.03, 1.47)	1 (5.0)	0.23 (0.03, 1.75)	1 (5.0)	0.48 (0.10, 2.26)
	Separated	106 (24)	39 (36.8)	0.96 (0.61, 1.52)	22 (21.2)	0.98 (0.57, 1.70)	22 (20.8)	1.14 (0.65, 1.98)	15 (14.2)	0.32 (0.04, 2.56)