Research Article

The Impact of Parasitic Infestation on Nutritional Status and Micronutrients among Children

Table 4

Anthropometric measures of the parasitic infected and noninfected groups.

VariableWeight (kg)Height (cm)BMI (kg/m2)-score (percentile)

Infected ()-1.1 (7)
Noninfected ()-0.2 (44.6)
-test13.54.162.04
value<0.001<0.0010.04

SD: standard deviation; : independent -test. Significant (). Highly significant ().