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Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis of anthropometric parameters, z scores, by infections with Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms and Entamoeba coli; monthly per capita house income, gender and state of children in Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017 and 2018

From: A community-based, cross-sectional study to assess interactions between income, nutritional status and enteric parasitism in two Brazilian cities: are we moving positively towards 2030?

Independent variables

HAZ

WAZ

WHZ

MUAC

Coefficient

p value

Coefficient

p value

Coefficient

p value

Coefficient

p value

Ascaris lumbricoides

− 0.141

0.006

− 0.127

0.012

− 0.089

0.243

− 0.047

0.363

Hookworms

− 0.031

0.552

− 0.027

0.599

− 0.023

0.772

0.004

0.940

Entamoeba coli

− 0.100

0.043

− 0.101

0.039

− 0.064

0.372

− 0.059

0.245

MPCHI *

0.145

0.003

0.175

< 0.001

0.100

0.150

0.102

0.039

Gender

0.117

0.015

0.123

0.010

0.070

0.314

0.134

0.007

State

0.011

0.825

0.054

0.283

0.005

0.948

0.025

0.635

  1. * MPCHI monthly per capita house income