Table 4.
Bivariate Analysis of factors associated with anaemia
| Variables | Have anaemia | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Femalea | 48 (31.0) | 107 (69.0) | 1 | 0.224 |
| Male | 65 (37.4) | 109 (62.6) | 1.3 (0.8,2.1) | |
| Age group | ||||
| 1–5a | 68 (37.2) | 128 (62.8) | 1 | 0.156 |
| 6–11 | 43 (33.3) | 86 (66.7) | 0.9 (0.6,1.5) | |
| 12–14 | 2 (11.8) | 15 (88.2) | 0.3 (0.1,1,1) | |
| Malaria | ||||
| Negativea | 93 (32.8) | 191 (67.2) | 1 | 0.190 |
| Positive | 20 (42.6) | 27 (57.4) | 1.5 (0.8,2.9) | |
| Bed net | ||||
| Noa | 8 (38.1) | 13 (61.9) | 1 | 0.612 |
| Yes | 105 (32.7) | 216 (67.3) | 0.8 (0.3,2.0) | |
| Meat | ||||
| Nevera | 28 (34.6) | 53 (65.4) | 1 | 0.943 |
| Once/week | 44 (32.3) | 92 (67.7) | 0.9 (0.5,1.6) | |
| > 1 per week | 41 (32.8) | 84 (67.2) | 0.9 (0.5,1.7) | |
| Fish | ||||
| Nevera | 18 (41.9) | 25 (58.1) | 1 | 0.336 |
| Once/week | 43 (29.9) | 101 (70.1) | 0.6 (0.3,1.2) | |
| > 1 per week | 52 (33.6) | 103 (66.4) | 0.7 (0.3,1.4) | |
| Meals | ||||
| once/twicea | 15 (36.6) | 26 (63.4) | 1 | 0.608 |
| Thrice | 98 (32.6) | 203 (67.4) | 0.8 (0.4,1.7) | |
| Survival | ||||
| Both alivea | 105 (32.5) | 218 (67.5) | 1 | 0.388 |
| One parent | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 1.5 (0.6,3.9) | |
| HH size (members) | ||||
| 1–3a | 19 (55.9) | 15 (44.1) | 1 | 0.021 |
| 4–6 | 44 (31.9) | 94 (68.1) | 0.4 (0.2,0.8) | |
| 6 or more | 50 (31.9) | 107 (68.1) | 0.4 (0.2,0.8) | |
| Income | ||||
| 10 k–149 ka | 31 (44.3) | 39 (55.7) | 1 | 0.136 |
| 150 k–299 k | 35 (31.0) | 78 (69.0) | 0.6 (0.3,1.1) | |
| 300 k–599 k | 40 (30.8) | 90 (69.2) | 0.6 (0.3,1.0) | |
| 600 k + | 7 (24.1) | 22 (75.9) | 0.4 (0.1,1.1) | |
| Maternal parity | ||||
| 1–4a | 89 (37.9) | 146 (62.1) | 1 | 0.005 |
| 5 + | 24 (22.4) | 83 (77.6) | 0.5 (0.3,0.8) | |
| Maternal age | ||||
| 16–23a | 34 (42.0) | 47 (58.0) | 1 | 0.040 |
| 24–29 | 39 (37.9) | 64 (62.1) | 0.8 (0.5,1.5) | |
| 30–33 | 17 (24.3) | 53 (75.7) | 0.4 (0.2,0.9) | |
| 34–58 | 23 (26.1) | 65 (73.9) | 0.5 (0.3,0.9) | |
| Underweight (Weight for age Z scores) | ||||
| Noa | 97 (32.2) | 203 (67.7) | 1 | 0.014 |
| Yes | 16 (55.2) | 13 (44.8) | 2.6 (1.2,5.6) | |
| Stunting (Height for age Z scores) | ||||
| Noa | 87 (31.1) | 193 (68.9) | 1 | 0.003 |
| Yes | 26 (53.1) | 23 (46.9) | 2.5 (1.3,4.7) | |
| Wasting (Weight for Height Z scores) | ||||
| Noa | 105 (36.6) | 182 (63.4) | 1 | 0.670 |
| Yes | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 0.8 (0.2,2.6) | |
| Mother’s Highest Level of education | ||||
| No formal educationa | 12 (32.4) | 25 (67.6) | 1 | 0.576 |
| Primary | 70 (36.7) | 121 (63.4) | 1.2 (0.6,2.6) | |
| Secondary and above | 31 (30.7) | 70 (69.3) | 0.9 (0.4,2.1) | |
| Father’s Highest Level of education | ||||
| No formal educationa | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) | 1 | 0.926 |
| Primary | 39 (33.0) | 79 (67.0) | 1.0 (0.3,3.5) | |
| Secondary and above | 70 (35.2) | 129 (64.8) | 1.1 (0.3,3.7) | |
| Presence of worms | ||||
| Yesa | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 1 | 0.193 |
| No | 179 (65.3) | 95 (34.7) | 0.27 (0.03,2.24) | |
Note:a (Reference group)