Table 5.

Multivariate model describing the odds of anemia in children from urban slums and rural areas in association with maternal knowledge of anemia and other potential risk factors

Characteristics		Urban			Rural
		O.R	95% C.I	P	O.R	95% C.I	P
Mother knows about anemia1		0.90	0.79, 1.02	0.10	0.93	0.87, 0.98	0.01
Maternal age, y	≤24	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
	25–28	0.96	0.82, 1.12	0.60	0.96	0.89, 1.04	0.31
	29–32	1.04	0.88, 1.24	0.63	0.99	0.91, 1.07	0.79
	33+	0.87	0.73, 1.04	0.13	0.89	0.82, 0.96	0.004
Maternal education, y	0	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
	1–6	1.08	0.80, 1.45	0.63	0.90	0.78, 1.04	0.14
	7–9	0.87	0.64, 1.18	0.37	0.85	0.72, 0.99	0.03
	≥ 10	0.74	0.55, 1.02	0.06	0.76	0.64, 0.89	0.0006
Maternal body mass index (kg/m2)	18.5 to <25	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
	<18.5	1.07	0.88, 1.29	0.51	1.23	1.12, 1.34	<0.0001
	≥25 to <30	0.77	0.67, 0.89	0.0003	1.00	0.93, 1.08	0.96
	≥30	0.82	0.64, 1.07	0.14	0.82	0.70, 0.96	0.01
Number of children, 6–59 months of age	1	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	--
	2	1.46	1.21, 1.76	<0.0001	1.24	1.13, 1.36	<0.0001
	3+	0.99	0.40, 2.45	0.98	1.30	0.78, 2.14	0.31
Age of youngest child, 6–59 months of age	6–11	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
	12–23	0.79	0.66, 0.94	0.009	0.71	0.65, 0.77	<0.0001
	24–35	0.57	0.47, 0.69	<0.0001	0.37	0.34, 0.40	<0.0001
	36–47	0.38	0.31, 0.47	<0.0001	0.25	0.22, 0.27	<0.0001
	48–59	0.29	0.23, 0.37	<0.0001	0.17	0.15, 0.19	<0.0001
Sex of youngest child, 6–59 months of age	Male	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
	Female	1.19	1.06, 1.33	0.003	1.27	1.21, 1.35	<0.0001
Child consumes fortified milk		0.68	0.60, 0.76	<0.0001	0.76	0.72, 0.81	<0.0001
Father is a smoker		1.03	0.91, 1.17	0.63	1.02	0.96, 1.09	0.49
Household has improved latrine		0.79	0.67, 0.93	0.004	0.96	0.90, 1.02	0.19
Weekly per capita animal food expenditure		0.91	0.75, 1.11	0.34	0.95	0.85, 1.06	0.35
Weekly per capita plant food expenditure		0.81	0.65, 1.01	0.06	0.93	0.82, 1.07	0.31
More than 4 individuals eating from same kitchen		0.98	0.85, 1.12	0.76	1.04	0.98, 1.11	0.21
Weekly per capita household expenditure, quintile	1	1.00	---	---	1.00	---	---
	2	1.00	0.77, 1.39	0.98	0.98	0.88, 1.09	0.71
	3	1.14	0.89, 1.46	0.30	1.10	0.99, 1.22	0.08
	4	1.07	0.84, 1.37	0.59	1.05	0.95, 1.17	0.34
	5	1.10	0.85, 1.42	0.48	1.07	0.95, 1.17	0.24

¹Mother’s knowledge of anemia based upon the ability to name a symptom of anemia (pale face, weakness/fatigue, pale eyes, pale arm/nail, or headache) and a treatment of anemia (take iron tablet/capsule/vitamin, consume iron-fortified foods, or visit a doctor/midwife/other health worker).