Geohelminth Infections and Nutritional Status of Preschool Aged Children in a Periurban Settlement of Ogun State

Table 12

Logistic regression models for malnutrition indices.

		Weight-for-height (WHZ)				BMI-for-age (BMZ)
		Exp()	S.E	-value		Exp()	S.E	-value
Intercept model	0.375	0.688	0.23	0.098	0.251	1.29	0.50	0.62
Logistic model
Sex
Female					Reference	—	—	—
Male					21.680	2.60E7	2.00E4	0.99
Ascaris infection
Negative	Reference	—	—	—	Reference	—	—	—
Positive	0.23	1.26	0.48	0.63	−0.47	0.63	1.40	0.74

Cox and Snell = 0.000 (WTH) and 0.302 (BMZ)
⁢ value < 0.05 shows significant predictive factor.