Table 3.
Prevalence and intensity of anemia among the study participants.
| Anemia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence |
Intensity |
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| NR | NE | Positives | Negatives | p-value | Mild | Moderate | Severe | value | |
| Location | |||||||||
| Ekiti | 789 | 478 | 100 (20.9) | 378 (79.1) | 0.00* | 52 (52.0) | 47 (47.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0.00* |
| Ondo | 494 | 439 | 131 (29.8) | 308 (70.2) | 27 (20.6) | 104 (79.4) | 0 (0) | ||
| Osun | 500 | 496 | 186 (37.5) | 310 (62.5) | 36 (19.4) | 142 (76.3) | 8 (4.3) | ||
| Total | 1783 | 1413 | 417 (29.5) | 996(70.5) | 115 (27.6) | 293 (70.3) | 9 (2.2) | ||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 839 | 674 | 191 (28.3) | 483(71.7) | 0.36 | 47 (24.6) | 140 (73.3) | 4 (2.1) | 0.45 |
| Male | 944 | 739 | 226 (30.6) | 513(69.4) | 68 (30.1) | 153 (67.7) | 5 (2.2) | ||
| Total | 1783 | 1413 | 417 (29.5) | 996(70.5) | 115 (27.6) | 293 (70.3) | 9 (2.2) | ||
| Age groups | |||||||||
| 5–8 | 540 | 409 | 128 (31.3) | 281 (68.7) | 0.002* | 23 (18.0) | 103 (80.5) | 2 (1.6) | 0.00* |
| 9–11 | 897 | 737 | 194 (26.3) | 543 (73.7) | 36 (18.6) | 154 (79.4) | 4 (2.1) | ||
| 12–14 | 258 | 195 | 62 (31.8) | 133 (68.2) | 29 (46.8) | 30 (48.4) | 3 (4.8) | ||
| 15–16 | 88 | 72 | 33 (45.8) | 39 (54.2) | 27 (81.8) | 6 (18.2) | 0 (0) | ||
| Total | 1783 | 1413 | 417 (29.5) | 996 (70.5) | 115 (27.6) | 293 (70.3) | 9 (2.2) | ||
NR: Number of children recruited; NE: Number of children examined; * significant difference at 95%.