Frequency of Gastrointestinal Parasites, Anemia, and Nutritional Status among Children from Different Geographical Regions of Bolivia

Table 5

Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models for moderately/severely wasted (BAZ) occurrence according to age, sex, location, and parasite infections.

	Univariate models			Multivariate model
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Age (yrs)			0.045			0.118
(8–10) vs (5–7)	0.23	0.06–0.86	0.029	0.28	0.07–1.08	0.065
(11–13) vs (5–7)	0.28	0.06–1.29	0.102	0.34	0.07–1.63	0.177
Sex (M vs F)	2.99	0.93–9.61	0.066	3.06	0.95–9.89	0.061
Location (highland vs lowland)	3.34	1.14–9.74	0.027	3.42	1.17–10.00	0.025
Helminths (pos vs neg)	0.96	0.27–3.49	0.955	—	—	—
Protozoa (pos vs neg)	1.10	0.37–3.31	0.865	—	—	—