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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2009 Mar-Apr;21(2):172–179. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20839

TABLE 5.

Odds of infectiona for UIR childrenb

Variable OR 95% CI P-value
(a)
 UIR 2.5 1.2, 5.5 0.02
(b)
 UIR 2.9 1.3, 6.6 0.01
 TSF 1.2 0.95, 1.5 0.12
 Age 0.77 0.58, 1.0 0.07
(c)
 UIRc 2.9 1.3, 6.8 0.01
 TSF 1.3 1.0, 1.6 0.03
 Age 0.73 0.54, 0.99 0.04
a

CRP > 2.0 mg/l.

b

Compared to all other children.

c

Compared to all other non-anemic children; 30 children with IDA were excluded.

UIR, unequivocally iron replete.