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Table 4 Predictor for acute and chronic malnutrition (progressive stepwise (pr 0.10) backward pe (0.05) model) in health zone of Mont Ngafula1, Kinshasa, DRC, 2012

From: The relationship between Plasmodium infection, anaemia and nutritional status in asymptomatic children aged under five years living in stable transmission zones in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Variables

Acute malnutrition (MUAC)

Chronic malnutrition (HAZ-score)

 

aOR

p value

aOR

p value

PI

    

No

--

--

1

 

Yes

--

--

1.9

0.004

Profession of the household head

    

Salaried employee

--

--

1

 

Other

--

--

2.2

0.02

Presence of screening on windows

    

Yes

1

 

--

--

No

2.4

0.03

--

--