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Table 3 Nutritional status and parasitic co-infection of tuberculosis cases in Oromia Special Zone and South Wollo, northeastern Ethiopia, April 2015 to January 2017

From: High helminthic co-infection in tuberculosis patients with undernutritional status in northeastern Ethiopia

 

Nutritional status using MUAC

Nutritional status using BMI

P-value

Normal n (%)

Under-nourished n (%)

P-value

Normal n (%)

Under-nourished n (%)

 

Sex

 Males

38 (24.8)

115 (75.2)

0.362

57 (43.8)

73 (56.2)

0.390

 Females

38 (29.7)

90 (70.3)

41 (38.3)

66 (61.7)

 

Co-infection status

 Co-infected

6 (25.0)

18 (75.0)

0.813

8 (30.8)

18 (69.2)

0.246

 Not co-infected

70 (27.2)

187 (72.8)

90 (42.7)

121 (57.3)

 
  1. MUAC Mid-upper arm circumference, BMI Body mass index.