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Table 5 Multivariate analysis for the potential risk factors of stunting among Orang Asli schoolchildren in Satak, Pahang (n = 254)

From: The nutritional impacts of soil-transmitted helminths infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in rural Malaysia

Variable

Significant stunting

P

OR (95% CI)

Age (>10 years)

5.06 (2.60, 9.87)

<0.001*

Gender (Male)

2.82 (1.48, 5.39)

0.002*

Ascaris infections (Moderate-to-heavy)

2.17 (1.10, 4.26)

0.025*

Trichuris infections (Moderate-to-heavy)

1.36 (0.71, 2.60)

0.358

  1. OR: odds ratio; CI; Confidence interval.
  2. *Significant risk factor (P < 0.05).
  3. Variables entered in the model were age, gender, moderate-to-heavy ascariasis and moderate-to-heavy trichuriasis.
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