Table 6.
Risk factors associated with anaemia among pregnant women in Munyenge Health Area.
| Factors | Category | Anaemia prevalence |
#Adjusted OR (95% CI) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | < or = 20 | 92.9 (52) | NA | |
| 21–25 | 87.3 (69) | |||
| 26–30 | 90.1 (64) | |||
| >30 | 84.1 (37) | |||
| χ 2; P value | 2.21; .531 | |||
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| Gravidity | Primigravidity | 87 (60) | NA | |
| Secundigravidity | 94.4 (67) | |||
| Multigravidity | 86.4 (95) | |||
| χ 2; P value | 3.10; 0.212 | |||
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| Marital status | Single | 93.5 (58) | 0.8 (0.2–3.2) |
0.79 |
| Married |
87.2 (164) |
REF | ||
| χ 2; P value | 1.87; 0.17 | |||
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| Educational level | Primary | 80.5 (99) | 0.1 (0.04–0.5) | 0.001 |
| Secondary | 96.9 (123) | REF | ||
| χ 2; P value | 16.82; <0.001 | |||
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| Occupational status | Housewife | 80.8 (42) | 1.5 (0.5–4.0) | 0.458 |
| Business | 97.8 (91) | 20.1 (4.0–101) | 0.001 | |
| Student | 100 (33) | 6.3E8 (6.3E8–6.3E8) | — | |
| Farmer | 77.8 (56) | REF | ||
| χ 2; P value | 23.99; <0.001 | |||
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| P. falciparum infection status | Positive | 95.9 (94) | 4.0 (1.1–14.5) | 0.037 |
| Negative | 84.2 (128) | REF | ||
| χ 2; P value | 8.21; 0.004 | |||
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| IPTp-SP uptake | Yes | 86.4 (146) | 1.1 (0.3–3.8) | 0.866 |
| No | 93.8 (76) | REF | ||
| χ 2; P value | 3.05; 081 | |||
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| S. haematobium infection status | Positive | 90.6 (106) | NA | |
| Negative |
87.2 (116) |
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| χ 2; P value | 0.71; 0.40 | |||
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| Coinfection status | Presence |
100 (38) |
14.5E8 (0.0 - ) | 0.998 |
| Absence | 86.8 (184) | REF | ||
| χ 2; P-value | 5.65; 0.017 | |||
#Adjusted OR using multivariate regression analysis.
NA: not applicable: variables with P > 0.2 in bivariate analysis were not included in multivariate analysis.