Table 5.
Association between some clinical characteristics of the women and anaemia.
| Clinical characteristics | Anaemic (%) |
Nonanaemic (%) |
χ 2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA (trimester) | 1.9 | 0.58 | ||
| First | 15 (45.5) | 18 (54.5) | ||
| Second | 108 (55.1) | 88 (44.9) | ||
| Third | 61 (52.6) | 55 (47.4) | ||
| Unknown | 33 (60.0) | 22 (40.0) | ||
| Interpregnancy interval | 24.1 | 0.19 | ||
| <2 years | 32 (64.0) | 18 (36.0) | ||
| ≥2 years | 33 (48.5) | 35 (51.5) | ||
| Fever | 17.9 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | 121 (66.8) | 60 (33.2) | ||
| No | 96 (43.8) | 123 (56.2) | ||
| Bleeding index pregnancy | 5.6 | 0.02 | ||
| Yes | 25 (73.5) | 9 (26.5) | ||
| No | 192 (52.5) | 174 (47.5) | ||
| Genotype | 3.4 | 0.33 | ||
| AA | 179 (52.5) | 162 (47.5) | ||
| AS | 38 (64.4) | 21 (35.6) | ||
| HIV | 13.1 | 0.00 | ||
| Yes | 23 (88.5) | 3 (11.5) | ||
| No | 194 (51.9) | 180 (48.1) |