Table 7.

Hemoglobin concentrations and anemia prevalence of sample infants in rural Shaanxi Province by disease characteristics.

Infant Disease Characteristics	N	Hb Concentrations (g/L)		Anemic
		Mean ± SD	p Value	% (n)	p Value
Had fever last month
No	642	107.9 ± 13.2	0.07	51.6 (331)	0.01
Yes	306	106.2 ± 12.5		60.1 (184)
Had diarrhea last month
No	621	107.3 ± 13.0	0.98	54.3 (337)	0.96
Yes	327	107.3 ± 13.0		54.4 (178)

Data are presented as mean ± SD or % (n) for categorical variables.