TABLE 5.

Multivariate logistic regression models of risk factors for Hb <110 g/L in children aged 6 to 59 mo (n = 2329)¹

	OR	(95% CI)	P > |t|
Age group (reference = 24−59.99 mo)
6−11.99 mo	6.10	(4.28, 8.70)	<0.001
12−23.99 mo	2.71	(2.06, 3.57)	<0.001
Genetic Hb variants (reference = Hb AA)
Hb E trait	2.29	(1.78, 2.95)	<0.001
α+-Thalassemia trait	1.42	(1.07, 1.87)	0.015
Hb E trait with α+-thalassemia	2.67	(1.79, 3.99)	<0.001
Hb E homozygous	18.47	(8.45, 40.37)	<0.001
Ferritin <12 μg/L	3.24	(2.23, 4.71)	<0.001
AGP >1.0 g/L	1.43	(1.19, 1.72)	<0.001
Sex, male	1.15	(0.94, 1.40)	0.17
Setting, rural	2.29	(1.70, 3.09)	<0.001
Retinol binding protein <0.7 μmol/L	3.63	(2.23, 5.90)	<0.001
Soluble transferrin receptor >8.3 mg/L	2.14	(1.73, 2.66)	<0.001

¹AGP, α₁-acid glycoprotein; Hb, hemoglobin.