Table 4.
Results of the Mantel-Haenszel adjusted odds ratios of nutrition status and type of infection on anaemia for the confounding effect of age and sex.
| Type of infection | % with underweight status cases who were anaemic(n/N) | % with normal and overweight status cases Who were anaemic (n/N) | Adjusted* Odds Ratio,(95%CI), x2(df), p-value | Over all Adjusted**Odds Ratio,(95%CI), x2(df), p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria | 36.4 (28/77) | 16.1 (19/118) | 2.98(1.51-5.85) 10.4(1),0.001 |
2.62(1.71-3.99) 20.26(1), p < 0.001 |
| Malaria/Hw | 55.3 (21/38) | 33.3 (21/63) | 2.47(1.08-5.65) 4.6(1),0.031 |
|
| Malaria/Al | 62.5(5/8) | 25.8(8/31) | 4.79(0.93-24.75) 3.8(1),0.05 |
|
| Malaria/Tt | 66.7(4/6) | 0 | NaN(NaN-NaN) NaN(1), p < 0.000 |
|
| Malaria/mih | 50(15/30) | 34.1(14/41) | 1.93(0.73-5.06) 1.8(1),0.182 |
* Within each cases the Odds were adjusted for both age and sex
** Within each cases the over all Odds were adjusted for both age and sex. For the combined data the odds were adjusted for cases, age and sex