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Each 1\u00a0ng\/ml increase in plasma selenium was met with 0.007\u00a0g\/dl (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.02) rise in hemoglobin. Hemoglobin showed negative relationships with \u03b1\u20101\u2010acid glycoprotein (AGP) (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0\u2212.339, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.007) and C\u2010reactive protein (CRP) (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0\u2212.014, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.004) and positive association with child's age in months (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.038, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.003) and altitude in meters (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.001, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.015). Children affected by \u03b1\u2010thalassemia (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0\u2212.75, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001), malaria (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0\u2212.43, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.029), and fever (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0\u2212.39, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.008) had significantly lower hemoglobin levels. On the contrary, nine variables including serum zinc and retinol binding protein were not significant predictors of hemoglobin. sTfR had the highest delta\u2010<jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> contribution (9.1%) to hemoglobin variations, followed by inflammation (5.2%), \u03b1\u2010thalassemia (2.5%), age (2.1%), fever (1.9%), and malaria (1.5%). 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