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. 2012 Oct 11;5:565. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-565

Table 6.

Risk factors significantly associated with anaemia in children less than 5 years and children aged from 5 to 10 years at the Bonconto health post, Senegal

Risk Factors aOR 95%CI p value
Children under 5 years (n=122)*
 
 
 
Stunting
3.1
[1.4 - 6.8]
0.004
Children aged 5 to 10 years (n=54)
 
 
 
Stunting
3.6
[1.6 - 8.2]
0.002
Sickle cell disorders
3.5
[1.4 - 9.0]
0.009
Alpha-thalassemia 2.4 [1.1 - 5.3] 0.026

*Analysis of risk factors associated to anaemia among children under 5 years was adjusted on the following variables: P. falciparum infection, G6PD deficiency, Sickle cell disorders, Alpha-thallassemia, Access to IPTc drug (SP-AQ), gender. The number of anaemic children in this age group was = 122. Goodness of fit test: Hosmer-Lemeshow, chi(8df)=0.99, p=0.99. † Analysis of risk factors associated to anaemia among children aged from 5 to 10 years was adjusted on the following variables: P. falciparum infection, G6PD deficiency, Access to IPTc drug (SP-AQ), gender. The number of anaemic children was= 54. Goodness of fit test: Hosmer-Lemeshow, chi(6df)=4.22, p=0.64.