Table 3 Prevalence of clinical and asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia as affected by nutritional status
Parameter | Status | N | Clinical malaria parasitaemia prevalence | Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia prevalence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | χ 2 | % (n) | χ 2 | |||
P-value | P-value | |||||
Malnourished | Yes | 103 | 16.5 (17) | 8.88 | 23.3 (24) | 0.68 |
No | 348 | 6.9 (24) | 0.003 | 27.4 (95) | 0.41 | |
Stunted | Yes | 77 | 16.9 (13) | 6.59 | 26.0 (20) | 0.01 |
No | 374 | 7.5 (28) | 0.01 | 26.2 (98) | 0.91 | |
Underweight | Yes | 37 | 21.6 (8) | 7.28 | 21.6 (8) | 0.59 |
No | 414 | 8.2 (34) | 0.007 | 27.5 (114) | 0.44 | |
Wasted | Yes | 31 | 6.5 (2) | 0.08 | 22.6 (7) | 0.08 |
No | 420 | 9.7 (41) | 0.78 | 26.7 (112) | 0.77 | |