<p>IQR, interquartile ranges.</p>a<p>Totals in brackets differ from the total number of study children by age group because of missing values.</p>b<p>Cut-offs for anemia: <110.0 and <115.0 g/L for 6–59 months and ≥60 months, respectively;</p>c<p>Cut-offs for microcytosis by age: <67, <73, <74, and <76 fl for <24 months, 24–59 months, 5–7.9 years, and 8–11.9 years, respectively;</p>d<p>PF: <12 and <15 µg/L for <59 and ≥60 months, respectively;</p>e<p>sTfR: >8.3 mg/L;</p>f<p>Cut-off for high CRP: >5 mg/L;</p>g<p>CRP index defined as (0.34+0.0043×PF – [2.7×sTfR]/PF+0.00696×CRP+0.05×sTfR);</p>h<p>Serum retinol <0.70µmol/L;</p>i<p>Serum vitamin B<sub>12</sub><150 pmol/L;</p>j<p>Serum folate <10 nmol/L;</p>k<p>According to cut-offs for PF or sTfR.</p>l<p>Geohelminths in this population included <i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i> (overall prevalence, 2.4%), <i>Strongyloides stercoralis</i> (0.5%), and <i>Trichuris trichiura</i> (0.8%) - the same subject may be co-infected with more than one species.</p
