Table 2 Anthropometric indicators and haemoglobin concentration, in relation to parasitological status, of 69 school-aged Bulang children from Yunnan province, P.R. China in mid-2011.

Non-infected

(n = 13)

Infected

(n = 56)

P - value ^a

Non-infected

(n = 39)

Infected

(n = 30)

P - value ^a

Non-infected

(n = 65)

Infected

(n = 4)

P - value ^a

36.0

(21.3-47.9)

30.1

(16.8-53.7)

0.020

31.9

(18.1-53.7)

30.3

(16.8-47.9)

0.433

30.9

(16.8-53.7)

37.2

(29.4-42.9)

0.138

140.5

(118.0-154.9)

133.3

(110.3-155.9)

0.037

136.6

(116.5-155.9)

132.2

(110.3-151.1)

0.111

134.2

(110.3-155.9)

142.8

(134.0-151.5)

0.147

18.0

(15.3-21.8)

16.6

(13.3-23.5)

0.034

16.8

(13.3-23.5)

17.0

(13.8-21.5)

0.729

16.8

(13.3-23.5)

18.2

(16.3-21.5)

0.212

n.r.

7.1

1.000

10.3

n.r.

0.127

6.5

n.r.

1.000

53.9

60.7

0.650

56.4

63.3

0.562

60.0

50.0

0.693

14.1

(11.6-17.5)

16.1

(12.5-20.1)

< 0.001

15.3

(11.6-18.9)

16.2

(12.5-20.1)

0.043

13.4

(11.0-15.6)

14.3

(13.4-15.2)

0.147