Table 3. Predictors of severity of anemia among children under 36 months old in rural western China.
| Predictors | <6 months of age | 6–36 months of age | ||
| Univariate | Multivariate | Univariate | Multivariate | |
| Coefficient (95%CI) | Coefficient (95%CI) | Coefficient (95%CI) | Coefficient (95%CI) | |
| Province-level regions | ||||
| Gansu | −0.21(−0.38, −0.04) | −0.11 (−0.30,0.08) | −0.07(−0.19,0.05) | −0.06 (−0.19,0.07) |
| Guangxi | −0.11(−0.27,0.04) | −0.15 (−0.33,0.04) | −0.08(−0.19,0.02) | −0.18 (−0.29, −0.06) |
| Guizhou | −0.15(−0.31,0.01) | −0.24 (−0.43, −0.05) | −0.02(−0.11,0.08) | −0.12 (−0.22, −0.03) |
| Inner Mongolia | −0.16(−0.31, −0.01) | −0.11 (−0.29,0.08) | −0.12(−0.21, −0.02) | −0.14 (−0.24, −0.05) |
| Ningxia | −0.18(−0.33, −0.02) | −0.10 (−0.29,0.08) | −0.09(−0.18,0.01) | −0.10 (−0.20, −0.01) |
| Qinghai | 0.04(−0.12,0.20) | 0.06 (−0.12,0.24) | 0.27(0.18,0.37) | 0.16 (0.06,0.25) |
| Sichuan | −0.26(−0.41, −0.12) | −0.26 (−0.41, −0.11) | −0.11(−0.21, −0.02) | −0.16 (−0.25, −0.07) |
| Xinjiang | −0.04(−0.18,0.10) | −0.17 (−0.35,0.00) | 0.08(−0.01,0.18) | −0.04 (−0.14,0.06) |
| Chongqing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0. |
| Family size with more than 4 members | −0.03(−0.09,0.04) | −0.01 (−0.08,0.06) | −0.02(−0.04,0.01) | −0.03 (−0.06, −0.01) |
| Iron pot use | −0.25(−0.37, −0.12) | −0.26 (−0.41, −0.12) | −0.05(−0.11,0.00) | −0.06 (−0.12,0.01) |
| Han ethnicity | −0.09(−0.16, −0.02) | −0.05 (−0.16,0.05) | −0.10(−0.14, −0.06) | −0.08 (−0.13, −0.04) |
| Boy | 0.02(−0.05,0.09) | 0.04 (−0.04,0.11) | 0.05(0.03,0.07) | 0.03 (0.01,0.06) |
| Age of children | ||||
| 6–11 mo | - | - | 0.23(0.20,0.27) | 0.23 (0.17,0.28) |
| 12–17 mo | - | - | 0.21(0.17,0.25) | 0.19 (0.15,0.24) |
| 18–23 mo | - | - | 0.12(0.08,0.16) | 0.09 (0.04,0.13) |
| 24–29 mo | - | - | 0.05(0.01,0.10) | 0.02 (−0.02,0.07) |
| 30–36 mo | - | - | 0 | . 0 |
| Maternal anemic status | ||||
| Severe anemia | 0.18(−0.11,0.46) | 0.15(−0.13,0.42) | 0.21(0.06,0.37) | 0.20 (0.04,0.36) |
| Moderate anemia | 0.30(0.18,0.42) | 0.31 (0.19,0.43) | 0.18(0.12,0.25) | 0.17 (0.11,0.24) |
| Mild anemia | 0.10(0.03,0.17) | 0.14 (0.06,0.22) | 0.09(0.06,0.12) | 0.09 (0.06,0.12) |
| Normal | 0 | 0 | 0. | |
Only predictors at 5% of multivariate GEE model were listed.