Correction: Predictors of anemia among lactating women in Ethiopia: using 2016 EDHS; application of ordinal logistic regression model

Correction to: Scientific Reports, 10.1038/s41598-025-32586-7, published online 13 December 2025.

The original version of this Article contained errors in Table 3, where the variables listed starting from Parity were redundant as they do not independently explain the associations. The correct and incorrect values appear below

Correct:

Table 3.

Bivariable Ordinal logistic regression analysis of anemia among lactating women in Ethiopia EDHS 2016.

Variables	Severe, moderate, mild vs no anemia		Severe, moderate vs mild anemia and no anemia		Severe Vs moderate, mild and no anemia
	COR (95% CI)	P-value	COR (95% CI)	p-value	COR (95% CI)	P- Value
Residence
Rural	0.53(0.43,0.63)	0.00*	0.47(0.3,0.67)	0.000*	0.08(0.01,0.64)	0.016*
Urban	Reference		Reference		Reference
Ever terminated pregnancy
No	Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	1.1(0.48–2.94)	0.69	1.47(0.89, 2.19)	0.28	0.72(0.35, 1.48)	0.38
Family planning use
Ever used
Never used	1.3(0.92,1.97)	0.227	1.12(0.73, 1.72)	0.61	0.92(0.62, 1.36)	0.67
Parity
One to Five	Reference		Reference		Reference
More than Five	0.6(0.24,1.73)	0.39	0.39(0.15,1.02)	0.28	0.51(0.24,1.1)	0.42
Own mobile
No	Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	1.5(1.3,1.8)	0.00*	1.4(1.02,1.8)	0.035	4.8(1.5,15.5)	0.008*
Household head
Male	Reference		Reference		Reference
Female	0.71(0.61,0.84)	0.00*	0.9(0.7,1.2)	0.55	1.31(0.61,2.8)	0.48
Working status
Not Working	Reference		Reference		Reference
Working	1.9(1.5,2.6)	0.000*	1.5(1.03,2.1)	0.000*	0.04(2.3,1.06)	0.000*
Wealth Index
poor	Reference		Reference		Reference
Rich	2.0(1.8,2.4)	0.000*	2.4(1.8,3.1)	0.000*	5.4 (1.61,8.9)	0.002*
BMI
Under weight	1.86(0.55,6.26)	0.32	1.38(0.32,5.98)	0.642	0.71(0.388, 1.302)	0.269
Overweight	1.22(0.29,5.09)	0.79	1.24(0.61,2.52)	0.55	1.3(0.396, 4.268)	0.65
Obese	1.93(0.90–4.14)	0.81	1.28(0.7,2.3)	0.41	1.32(0.94–1.85)	0.29
Normal	Reference		Reference		Reference
Cigarette Smoking
No	Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	0.95(0.72,1.14)	0.570	0.84(0.38,1.84)	0.67	0.99(0.54–1.83)	0.93
Alcohol drinking
No	Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	1.25(0.76–2.06)	0.37	1.3(0.81–2.23)	0.29	4.08(0.93–7.89)	0.44
Khat Chewing
No	Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes	2.2(0.78,6.34)	0.33	0.9(0.38,2.26)	0.87	0.7(0.43,1.3)	0.33

Incorrect:

Table 3.

Bivariable Ordinal logistic regression analysis of anemia among lactating women in Ethiopia EDHS 2016.

Variables		Severe, moderate, mild vs no anemia		Severe, moderate vs mild anemia and no anemia		Severe Vs moderate, mild and no anemia
		COR (95% CI)	P-value	COR (95% CI)	p-value	COR (95% CI)	P- Value
Residence
Rural		0.53(0.43,0.63)	0.00*	0.47(0.3,0.67)	0.000*	0.08(0.01,0.64)	0.016*
Urban		Reference		Reference		Reference
Ever terminated pregnancy
No		Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes		1.1(0.48–2.94)	0.69	1.47(0.89, 2.19)	0.28	0.72(0.35, 1.48)	0.38
Family planning use
Ever used
Never used		1.3(0.92,1.97)	0.227	1.12(0.73, 1.72)	0.61	0.92(0.62, 1.36)	0.67
Parity
One to Five		Reference		Reference		Reference
More than Five		0.6(0.24,1.73)	0.39	0.39(0.15,1.02)	0.28	0.51(0.24,1.1)	0.42
Own mobile
No		Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes		1.5(1.3,1.8)	0.00*	1.4(1.02,1.8)	0.035	4.8(1.5,15.5)	0.008*
Household head
Male		Reference		Reference		Reference
Female		0.71(0.61,0.84)	0.00*	0.9(0.7,1.2)	0.55	1.31(0.61,2.8)	0.48
Working status
Not Working		Reference		Reference		Reference
Working		1.9(1.5,2.6)	0.000*	1.5(1.03,2.1)	0.000*	0.04(2.3,1.06)	0.000*
Wealth Index
poor		Reference		Reference		Reference
Rich		2.0(1.8,2.4)	0.000*	2.4(1.8,3.1)	0.000*	5.4 (1.61,8.9)	0.002*
BMI
Under weight		1.86(0.55,6.26)	0.32	1.38(0.32,5.98)	0.642	0.71(0.388, 1.302)	0.269
Overweight		1.22(0.29,5.09)	0.79	1.24(0.61,2.52)	0.55	1.3(0.396, 4.268)	0.65
Obese		1.93(0.90–4.14)	0.81	1.28(0.7,2.3)	0.41	1.32(0.94–1.85)	0.29
Normal		Reference		Reference		Reference
Cigarette Smoking
No		Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes		0.95(0.72,1.14)	0.570	0.84(0.38,1.84)	0.67	0.99(0.54–1.83)	0.93
Alcohol drinking
No		Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes		1.25(0.76–2.06)	0.37	1.3(0.81–2.23)	0.29	4.08(0.93–7.89)	0.44
Khat Chewing
No		Reference		Reference		Reference
Yes		2.2(0.78,6.34)	0.33	0.9(0.38,2.26)	0.87	0.7(0.43,1.3)	0.33

Variables		Severe, moderate, mild vs no anemia		Severe, moderate vs mild anemia and no anemia		Severe Vs moderate, mild and no anemia
		COR (95% CI)	P-value	COR (95% CI)	p-value	COR (95% CI)	P- Value
Parity
Less 5		ref
Above 5		0.757 .653 .878		0.820 .6461 .041	0.104	0.679 .3781 .221	0.196
Terminated px
		ref
		1.307 1.009 1.692	0.042	1.328(0.849, 2.077)	0.214	0.522(0.233, 1.169)	0.114

Variables in the Equation							95% C.I. for EXP(B)
	B	S.E.	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp(B)	Lower	Lower
Step 1a
Ever had a terminated pregnancy(1)	0.284	0.228	1.542	1	0.214	1.328	0.849	2.077
Above 5	2.299	0.057	1632.750	1	0.000	9.962

a. Variable(s) entered on step 1: Ever had a terminated pregnancy.

The original Article has been corrected.