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We assessed the nutritional status and its association with IPIs in 500 children &lt;5 years of age in a clustered cross\u2010sectional study in Adadle district, ESRS. Stool samples were microscopically examined for IPIs and biomarkers for iron and vitamin A status, anthropometry, and food variety score (FVS) were assessed. Median (interquartile range [IQR]) FVS was 2.0 (2.0, 4.0), and 35% of children were exclusively breastfed up to age 6 months. Prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight and mid\u2010upper arm circumference (MUAC) &lt;12.5 cm was 30, 34, 40, and 16%, respectively. Median (IQR) haemoglobin, ferritin, and retinol\u2010binding protein concentrations were 9.5 g dL<jats:sup>\u20101<\/jats:sup> (8.2, 10.9), 6.2 \u03bcg L<jats:sup>\u20101<\/jats:sup> (4.0, 10.2), and 0.8 \u03bcmol L<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup> (0.67, 0.91), respectively. Prevalence of anaemia, iron, and vitamin A deficiency was 75, 91, and 30%, respectively. IPIs' prevalence was 47%; the most prevalent IPIs were <jats:italic>Giardia lamblia<\/jats:italic> (22%) and <jats:italic>Ascaris lumbricoides<\/jats:italic> (15%). <jats:italic>Giardial<\/jats:italic> infections but not <jats:italic>A. lumbricoides<\/jats:italic> increased the risk for MUAC &lt;12.5 cm (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 3.50, 95% confidence interval [CI] [2.21, 5.54]). The odds for anaemia were 97% (aOR: 0.03, 95% CI [0.03, 0.07]) and 89% (aOR: 0.11, 95% CI [0.11, 0.23]) less for children with FVS &gt;2 or with exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months, respectively. Undernutrition and IPIs are alarmingly high in &lt;5 years of age children in ESRS. <jats:italic>Giardial<\/jats:italic> infections and low nutritional adequacy of the diet seem to be major contributing factors to the precarious nutritional status and should be addressed by appropriate interventions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/mcn.12955","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,6]],"date-time":"2020-02-06T05:55:00Z","timestamp":1580968500000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Nutritional status and intestinal parasites among young children from pastoralist communities of the Ethiopian Somali region"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Kadra A.","family":"Osman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Jigjiga University One Health Initiative Jigjiga University  Jigjiga Ethiopia"},{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8899-6097","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jakob","family":"Zinsstag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rea","family":"Tschopp","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"Armauer Hansen Research Institute  Addis Ababa Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Esther","family":"Schelling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Hattendorf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6806-5378","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abdurezak","family":"Umer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jigjiga University One Health Initiative Jigjiga University  Jigjiga Ethiopia"},{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seid","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jigjiga University One Health Initiative Jigjiga University  Jigjiga Ethiopia"},{"name":"Human and Animal Health Unit Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute  Basel Switzerland"},{"name":"University of Basel  Basel Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8943-5216","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Colin I.","family":"Cercamondi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human Nutrition Laboratory Swiss Federal Institute of Technology  Z\u00fcrich Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jiph.2016.02.009"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1995-7645(14)60088-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-017-4499-x"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4314\/ejhd.v14i1.9931"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10393-011-0727-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10393-012-0781-7"},{"issue":"3","key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","first-page":"98","article-title":"A simplified general method for cluster\u2010sample surveys of health in developing countries","volume":"44","author":"Bennett S.","year":"1991","journal-title":"World Health Statistics Quarterly"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(07)61690-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/1047-2797(94)90086-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","unstructured":"Central Statistical Agency\/Ethiopia & ICF International. 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