Effect of deworming on nutritional status of ascaris infested slum children of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Nihar Ranjan Sarkar, Kazi Selim Anwar, Kanan Bala Biswas, Mohammad Abdul Mannan

Journal: Indian pediatrics 2003;39(11):1021-6

PMID: 12466572

Abstract

This randomized double blind community trial was conducted on Ascaris infested children (n = 85) aged 2 to 12 years and was aimed to study the impact of deworming on nutritional status, in an urban slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The change of weight gain was significantly higher in children given anthelmintics than those given placebo (0.92 kg vs. 0.54 kg). A multiple linear regression model shows that after controlling sex, deworming and height were positively correlated while age and weight were negatively correlated with weight change.

Address: Institute of Public Health, Bangladesh National Nutrition Council, and Helen Keller International, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [email protected]

MeSH Terms: Ascariasis, Bangladesh, Child, Child, Preschool, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Male, Nutritional Status, Poverty Areas, Urban Population