Table 2.
Prevalence of anemia (g/dL) as per different BMI (kg/m2) categories among studied adolescent males and females in Himalayan state of north India, 2010.
| BMI | Severe | χ 2, P value | Moderate | χ 2, P value | Mild | χ 2, P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||||
| <9.0 | <7.0 | 9.0–11.9 | 7.0–9.9 | 12.–12.9 | 10.–11.9 | ||||
| <17.0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | — | 62 (34.1) | 45 (18.0) | 3.4, 0.06 | 61 (33.5) | 193 (77.2) | 41.0, 0.00 |
| 17.1–18.5 | 2 (3.6) | 1 (0.8) | — | 19 (33.9) | 45 (36.0) | 0.8, 0.35 | 20 (35.7) | 75 (60.0) | 3.9, 0.04 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | 26 (25.5) | 62 (40.8) | 1.4, 0.23 | 36 (35.3) | 84 (55.3) | 3.5, 0.06 |
| 25.0–29.9 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | 0 (0.0) | 9 (20.0) | — | (0.0) | 4 (80.0) | — |
—: could not be calculated due less numbers.