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

Table 8

Correlations among serum micronutrients and anthropometric measures among infected children ().

Variable	Weight (kg)		Height (cm)		BMI (kg/m^2)
	Iron level (μg/dL)	0.58	<0.001	0.34	0.01	0.41	0.006
Zinc level (μg/mL)	0.44	0.003	0.31	0.03	0.40	0.006
Selenium level (μg/L)	0.61	<0.001	0.38	0.009	0.50	<0.001

: Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Significant (). Highly significant ().