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

Table 9

Linear regression analysis for significant predictors of serum micronutrients among infected children ().

Variable	Iron (μg/dL)			Zinc (μg/mL)			Selenium level (μg/L)
		SE			SE			SE
Weight (kg)	0.60	0.02	<0.001	0.29	0.03	0.04	0.32	0.01	0.03
Height (cm)	0.51	0.03	0.006	0.04	0.18	0.82 NS	0.004	0.002	0.12 NS
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.42	0.01	0.01	0.48	0.09	0.003	0.51	0.02	0.007

: regression coefficient; SE: standard error; NS: nonsignificant ().Significant ().Highly significant ().