Nutritional Status and Humoral Immune Response to Plasmodium falciparum in Children Aged 6–59 Months

Table 2

Assessment of the risk of having IgG T anti-Plasmodium falciparum below the threshold value (0.4409) in children based on their nutritional status, infected status, and serum iron levels.

IgG T anti-Pf < 0,4409	n	Risk ratio	95% confidence interval		Value
Groups of children			Lower	Upper
WHZ > −2	22	1.259	0.245	6.473	0.783
WHZ < −2	20	0.794	0.154	4.082
HAZ > −2	35	1.241	0.125	12.286	0.853
HAZ < −2	7	0.806	0.081	7.973
WAZ > −2	31	1.058	0.177	6.303	0.951
WAZ < −2	13	0.945	0.159	5.634
BAZ > −2	23	1.123	0.218	5.777	0.89
BAZ < −2	19	0.891	0.173	4.582
MUACZ > −2	35	0.583	0.093	3.653	0.565
MUACZ < −2	9	1.714	0.274	10.736
Pf positive	21	0.125	0.014	1.151	0.06
Pf negative	21	8	0.869	73.683
Iron>0.5	26	0.273	0.034	2.188	0.221
Iron<0.5	5	3.667	0.457	29.419