Table 2.
Nutrition, BMI, and presence of livestock of study participants.
| Variables | Anaemic (n = 200) n (%) |
Nonanaemic (n = 200) n (%) |
Crude aOR (95% CI) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of meals/day | ||||
| Three times | 183 (91.5%) | 172 (86%) | Reference | |
| Single meal | 17 (8.5%) | 28 (14%) | 1.75 (0.92 to 3.31) | 0.1128 |
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| Source of food | ||||
| Home only | 76 (38.0%) | 105 (52.5%) | Reference | |
| Street | 5 (2.5%) | 12 (6.0%) | 0.57 (0.19 to 1.79) | 0.4404 |
| Both home and street | 119 (59.5%) | 83 (41.5%) | 1.98 (1.31 to 2.97) | 0.0011 |
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| Presence of domestic livestock | ||||
| Yes | 172 (86.0%) | 147 (73.5%) | 2.15 (1.33 to 3.68) | 0.0027 |
| No | 28 (14.0%) | 53 (26.5%) | Reference | |
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| Body mass index | ||||
| <22.0 kg/m2 | 99 (49.5%) | 81 (40.5%) | 1.44 (0.96 to 2.14) | 0.0874 |
| ≥22.0 kg/m2 | 101 (50.5%) | 119 (59.5%) | Reference | |
Values are presented as n (%). Comparisons between proportions of anaemic and nonanaemic groups were performed using Chi-square test. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significantly different. Crude odds ratios were obtained from logistic regression analysis.