Table 5 Distribution of anaemia by weight and infection status among the study participants at Alaba Kulito Health Center, SNNPR, South Ethiopia, Nov-Dec, 2007
Infection type | Anaemia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Grade3 thinness %(n/N) | Grade 2 thinness %(n/N) | Grade 1 thinness %(n/N) | Normal %(n/N) | Overweight %(n/N) | Obese %(n/N) |
Malaria | 36.8(14/38) | 30(3/10) | 37.9(11/29) | 20.9(18/86) | 3.1(1/32) | - |
Malaria/Hw | 71.4(10/14) | 71.4(5/7) | 35.3(6/17) | 34.6(18/52) | 27.3(3/11) | - |
Malaria/Al | 62.5(5/8) | - | - | 25.8(8/31) | - | - |
Malaria/Tt | 100(3/3) | 33.3(1/3) | - | - | - | - |
Malaria/mih | 52.6(10/19) | 100(2/2) | 33.3(3/9) | 34.1(14/41) | - | - |