Table 1: Association of variables chosen in mothers and intestinal parasitism.
|
Association between selected variables and the mother's level of knowledge |
Height |
Regular |
Low |
CI 95% |
p value |
|
General knowledge about parasitism |
24 |
102 |
69 |
3.25 (2.00-3.47) |
0.0015 |
|
Intestinal parasitosis and body hygiene |
47 |
124 |
24 |
1.99 (1.23-3.21) |
0.0046 |
|
Intestinal parasitosis and environmental hygiene |
29 |
157 |
9 |
2.02 (1.26-3.25) |
0.0036 |
|
Intestinal parasitosis and prophylaxis |
45 |
65 |
85 |
1.93 (1.19-3.13) |
0.0072 |
Source: Survey applied.