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

Table 6

Serum micronutrient level in normal and low cases among infected and noninfected children.

Variable	Infected ()	Noninfected ()
	Iron level (μg/dL)
Normal
Low
-test	25.95	10.2
	<0.001	<0.001
Zinc level (μg/mL)
Normal
Low
-test	14.77	13.85
	<0.001	<0.001
Selenium level (μg/L)
Normal
Low
-test	31.98	31.9
	<0.001	<0.001

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