Assessment of Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intestinal Parasitosis, Malnutrition, and Anemia among School Children in Ghindae Area, Eritrea

Table 2

Distribution of intestinal parasitosis, malnutrition, and anemia among the six administrative units in Ghindae area, Eritrea, 2018 (n = 450).

Administrative units in Ghindae area
	Dongolo		Debalko		Huxiet		Ferrovia		Mmhdar		Embatkala		value
	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.	(%)
Intest. parasitosis	12	5.9	48	23.5	23	11.3	46	22.5	64	31.4	11	5.4
Protozoan	6	3.5	37	21.5	20	11.6	42	24.4	56	32.6	11	6.4
E. histolytica/dispar	5	4.5	26	23.6	14	12.7	27	24.5	33	30	5	4.5
G. duodenalis	5	5.2	21	21.6	9	9.3	24	24.7	32	33	6	6.2
Helminthes	7	14.9	15	31.9	6	12.8	6	12.8	13	27.7	0	0	0.042
H. nana	3	7	15	34.9	6	14	6	14	13	30.2	0	0
Hookworm	4	80	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.001
Multiple infection	4	9.7	14	30.4	5	10.9	10	21.7	13	28.3	0	0
Malnutrition	16	9.6	43	25.9	6	3.6	40	24.1	42	25.3	19	11.4	0.001
Stunting	6	7.2	19	22.6	1	1.2	30	36.1	25	30.1	2	2.4	0.001
Low BMI for age	12	12.6	27	28.4	6	6.3	13	13.7	20	21.1	17	17.9	0.001
Anemia	7	12.5	25	44.6	4	7.1	8	14.3	11	19.6	1	1.8	0.004