Table 3. Prevalence of anaemia according to gender and age groups among indigenous longhouse communities.
| Anaemia# | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | Mild | Moderate | Severe | |||||||||
| n | % | 95% CI | p value | n | % | 95% CI | p value | n | % | 95% CI | p value | ||
| Gender | |||||||||||||
| Male | 155 | 17 | 11.0 | 6.5–17.0 | 31 | 20.0 | 14.1–27.1 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.4–5.6 | |||
| Female | 186 | 25 | 13.4 | 8.9–19.2 | 0.489 | 44 | 23.7 | 17.8–30.4 | 0.417 | 5 | 2.7 | 0.9–6.2 | 0.647 |
| Age | |||||||||||||
| 1 to 6 | 39 | 3 | 7.7 | 1.6–20.9 | 11 | 28.2 | 15.0–44.9 | 3 | 7.7 | 1.6–20.9 | |||
| 7 to 12 | 91 | 3 | 3.3 | 0.7–9.3 | 27 | 29.7 | 20.6–40.2 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.3–7.7 | |||
| 13 to 17 | 18 | 3 | 16.7 | 3.6–41.4 | 2 | 11.1 | 1.4–34.7 | 2 | 11.1 | 1.4–34.7 | |||
| > 18 | 193 | 33 | 17.1 | 12.1–23.2 | 0.015* | 35 | 18.1 | 13.0–24.3 | 0.017* | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.004* |
N: Total number examined; n: number of anaemia;
*Significant difference (p< 0.05)
# Classified according to the criteria proposed by WHO [22]