Table 2.
Association of anemia with clinical, reproductive health and nutrition related factors among pregnant women attending ANC clinic in Wolayita Town, Southern Ethiopia: January to March 2014
| Variables | Categories | Anemia | COR (95% C.I) | AOR(95% C.I) | |
| Yes (%) | No (%) | ||||
| Clinical illness | Yes | 73 (67.59) | 35 (32.41) | 5.30 (3.26, 8.62) | 6.38 (3.13, 13.00 ) |
| No | 72 (28.24) | 183 (71.76) | 1 | 1 | |
| History of malaria | Yes | 22 (52.38) | 20 (47.62) | 1.77 (0.59, 3.39) | 2.06 (0.76, 5.62) |
| No | 123 (38.31) | 198 (61.69) | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaria infection | Yes | 7 (53.85) | 6 (46.15) | 1.79 (0.59, 5.45) | |
| No | 138 (39.43) | 212 (60.57) | 1 | ||
| Presence of current IPI | Yes | 40 (57.97) | 29 (42.03) | 2.48 (1.46, 4.24) | 2.41 (1.08, 5.81) |
| No | 105 (35.71) | 189 (64.29) | 1 | 1 | |
| History of | Yes | 108 (35.64) | 195 (64.36) | 1 | 1 |
| contraceptive usage | No | 37 (61.67) | 23 (38.33) | 2.91 (1.64, 5.14) | 5.02 (2.21, 11.47) |
| Excess menstrual | Yes | 29 (76.32) | 9 (23.68) | 5.81 (2.66, 12.86) | 9.82 (3.27, 21.35) |
| bleeding | No | 116 (35.69) | 209 (64.31) | 1 | 1 |
| Trimesters | 1st | 12 (22.64) | 41 (77.36) | 1 | 1 |
| 2nd | 69 (33.17) | 139 (66.83) | 1.69 (0.84, 3.43) | 3.39 (1.05, 9.89) | |
| 3rd | 64 (62.75) | 38 (37.25) | 5.75 (2.69, 12.28) | 11.37(4.56, 24.82) | |
| History of abortion | Yes | 18 (43.90) | 23 (56.10) | 1.20 (0.62, 2.32) | |
| No | 127 (39.44) | 195 (60.56) | 1 | 1 | |
| Body Mass Index in | Low | 30 (78.95) | 8 (21.05) | 12.45(9.07,91.17) | 9.44 (7.79, 22.18) |
| kg/m2 | Normal | 109 (39.93) | 164 (60.07) | 5.09 (2.10, 12.34) | 5.72 (3.05, 7.70) |
| High | 6 (11.5) | 46 (88.5) | 1 | 1 | |
NB: COR = Crude Odds Ratio, C.I = Confidence Interval, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, IPI = Intestinal Parasitic Infection