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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of predictors of stunting, in school children in the studied population (n = 928)

From: Coinfection of intestinal schistosomiasis and malaria and association with haemoglobin levels and nutritional status in school children in Mara region, Northwestern Tanzania: a cross-sectional exploratory study

Independent variable

Categories

Adjusted OR (CI)

p value

Age group (years)

6–8

1

 
 

9–12

12.30 (5.59–26.9)

< 0.001

 

13–15

23.70 (10.6–53.3)

< 0.001

Village

Busanga

1

 
 

Bwai

0.397 (0.190–0.827)

0.014

 

Kibuyi

0.712 (0.362–1.399)

0.325

 

Mwiringo

1.130 (0.562–2.257)

0.729

 

Sota

0.346 (0.169–0.704)

0.003

Malaria infection

Not infected

1

 
 

Low infection

0.719 (0.409–1.266)

0.254

 

High infection

0.632 (0.264–1.515)

0.304

S. mansoni infection

Not infected

1

 
 

Light infection

0.550 (0.242–1.253)

0.156

 

Moderate infection

0.838 (0.365–1.921)

0.677

 

Heavy infection

1.036 (0.435–2.464)

0.936

Anaemia

Normal

1

 
 

Anaemic

0.946 (0.598–1.494)

0.811

 

Severely anaemic

17.160 (2.632–34.688)

0.003

Coinfection

Not infected

1

 
 

Single infection

0.961 (0.388–2.411)

0.934

Coinfection

Double/triple infection

2.077 (0.623–6.921)

0.234