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

Table 5

Multivariate logistic regression analysis showing predictors of malnutrition and anemia among school children, n = 450.

Variable	Category	Malnutrition		Anemia
		AOR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
Sex	Male	1	0.91	1	0.09
	Female	1.03 (0.65, 1.61)		1.76 (0.91, 3.42)
Age	6–11	1	0.41	1	0.035
	12–16	1.38 (0.64, 2.94)		1.36 (1.09, 3.42)
Grade	Elementary	1	0.23	1	0.15
	Junior	1.60 (0.75, 3.43)		0.44 (0.14, 1.37)
Residence area	Urban	1	0.037	1	0.42
	Rural	2.03 (1.04, 3.96)		0.65 (0.23, 1.84)
House head monthly salary	0–500	1.18 (0.45, 3.03)	0.73	1.94 (.22, 17.1)	0.55
	501–1500	1.22 (0.50, 2.97)	0.64	4.98 (.63, 38.8)	0.12
	1501–2500	0.71 (0.24, 2.09)	0.53	5.61 (0.64, 48.6)	0.11
	Above 2500	1	0.54	1
Parental status	Living together	1		1	0.62
	Divorce	1.52 (0.59, 3.90)	0.37	0.33 (0.04, 2.69)	0.30
	Widowed	0.15 (0.018, 1.19)	0.07	0.41 (0.04, 3.46)	0.41
	Separated	0.95 (0.55, 1.63)	0.86	1.04 (0.49, 2.19)	0.91
Waste disposal	Improper	1	0.52	1	0.65
	Proper	0.83 (0.47, 1.48)		0.82 (0.36, 1.88)