Research Article
Geohelminth Infections and Nutritional Status of Preschool Aged Children in a Periurban Settlement of Ogun State
Table 7
Nutritional indices (
-score) and geohelminth infections of the surveyed preschool aged children.
| | | Nutritional Indices | | | Height-for-age (stunting) | Weight-for-age (underweight) | Weight-for-height (wasting) | BMI-for-age (thinness) |
| | Number examined | 97 | 97 | 81 | 16 | | Ascaris lumbricoides infection | | | | | | Number infected | 16 (16.5%) | 24 (24.7%) | 10 (10.3%) | 6 (6.2%) | | Not infected | 18 (18.6%) | 27 (27.8%) | 23 (23.7%) | 3 (3.1%) | | Total | 34 (35.1%) | 51 (52.6%) | 33 (34.0%) | 9 (9.3%) | | value | 0.243 | 0.094 | 0.027 | 0.029 | | Hookworm infection | | | | | | Number infected | 26 (26.8%) | 41 (42.3%) | 6 (6.2%) | 2 (2.1%) | | Not infected | 8 (8.2%) | 10 (10.3%) | 27 (27.8%) | 7 (7.2%) | | Total | 34 (35.1%) | 51 (52.6%) | 33 (34.0%) | 9 (9.3%) | | value | 0.894 | 0.296 | 0.417 | 0.408 | | Ascaris and Hookworm infections | | | | | | Number infected | 17 (17.5%) | 26 (26.8%) | 12 (12.4%) | 6 (6.2%) | | Not infected | 17 (17.5%) | 25 (25.8%) | 21 (21.6%) | 3 (3.1%) | | Total | 34 (35.1%) | 51 (52.6%) | 33 (34.0%) | 9 (9.3%) | | value | 0.328 | 0.108 | 0.077 | 0.078 |
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: recorded for children less than 5 years of age (0–60 months old)
: recorded for children above 5 years of age (60–72 months old).
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