Table 5.

Incidence and risk of discharge by anemia status, overall and stratified by sex

	Overall		Female		Male
	N (%)	RR (95 % CI)	N (%)	RR (95 % CI)	N (%)	RR (95 % CI)
Non-anemic	937 (5.7 %)	1.00 [ref]	207 (6.4 %)	1.00 [ref]	730 (5.5 %)	1.00 [ref]
Borderline anemia	91 (7.3 %)	1.29 (1.05–1.59)	37 (6.9 %)	0.99 (0.71–1.39)	54 (7.7 %)	1.42 (1.09–1.85)
Moderate anemia	98 (9.6 %)	1.69 (1.39–2.06)	48 (10.3 %)	1.48 (1.10–1.99)	50 (9.1 %)	1.68 (1.27–2.20)
Severe anemia	24 (20.0 %)	3.51 (2.44–5.05)	16 (20.3 %)	2.91 (1.84–4.60)	8 (19.5 %)	3.60 (1.93–6.73)