Research Article
Frequency of Gastrointestinal Parasites, Anemia, and Nutritional Status among Children from Different Geographical Regions of Bolivia
Table 2
Hematologic, HAZ, and BAZ anthropometric measurements in children of highland and lowland regions of Bolivia.
| | | Total | Highland (H) | Lowland (L) | H/L (%) |
| | Hematology | | Normal | 595 | 71 (11.9%) | 524 (88.1%) | 31.7/95.7 | | Mildly anemic | 65 | 51 (78.5%) | 14 (21.5%) | 22.8/2.5 | | Moderately anemic | 107 | 98 (91.6%) | 9 (8.4%) | 43.7/1.6 | | Severely anemic | 4 | 4 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1.8/0 | | Missing | 19 | | | | | TOTAL for hematology | 790 | 224 | 547 | | HAZ | | Normal | 570 | 166 (29.1%) | 404 (70.9%) | 72.5/72.1 | | Mildly stunted | 174 | 52 (29.9%) | 122 (70.1%) | 22.7/21.8 | | Stunted (≤−2SD) | 34 | 8 (23.5%) | 26 (76.5%) | 3.5/4.6 | | Severely stunted (≤−3SD) | 11 | 3 (27.3%) | 8 (72.7%) | 1.3/1.4 | | Missing | 1 | | | | | TOTAL for HAZ | 790 | 229 | 560 | | BAZ | | Normal | 729 | 198 (27.2%) | 531 (72.8%) | 86.5/94.8 | | Marginally wasted | 46 | 23 (50.0%) | 23 (50.0%) | 10.0/4.1 | | Wasted (≤−2SD) | 8 | 6 (75.0%) | 2 (25.0%) | 2.6/0.4 | | Severely wasted (≤−3SD) | 6 | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | 0.9/0.7 | | Missing | 1 | | | | | TOTAL for BAZ | 790 | 229 | 560 |
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All percentages were calculated on rows after missing exclusion.
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