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

Table 7

Relation between serum micronutrients and anthropometric measures among infected children ().

Variable		Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	BMI (kg/m^2)	-score (percentile)
		Iron level
Normal	18				-0.2 (45.3)
Low	122				-1.6 (8.6)
-test		10.31	11.52	4.37
value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Zinc level
Normal	29				-0.13 (43)
Low	111				-1.3 (6.9)
-test		11.27	10.13	2.52
value		<0.001	<0.001	0.01
Selenium level
Normal	35				-0.22 (46.1)
Low	105				-1.5 (7.2)
-test		20.26	16.40	5.24
value		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

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