Table 3.

Following a “meat and vegetable” dietary pattern and odds of suboptimal iron status in women with children and women without children.

	Variable	ORa	95.0% CI for OR	P value
Women with children (n = 112)	Meat and vegetable dietary pattern (SD)	0.21	0.08, 0.50	0.001
Women without children (n = 262)	Meat and vegetable dietary pattern (SD)	0.75	0.49, 1.14	0.175

^aAdjusted for blood donation in the past year, Asian ethnicity, previous iron deficiency, “milk and yoghurt” dietary pattern, and duration of menstrual period using forced entry multiple logistic regression analysis.

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; SD: standard deviation.