Table 1.

Socio-demographic profile of blood transfused versus non-transfused patients

Variables	Transfused (N = 188)	Not transfused (N = 718)	Crude Odds Ratio(cOR)	95% CI	P value
Age group
< 20	4(50%)	4(50%)	1.00	reference	reference
20–34	158(21.7%)	569(78.3%)	0.28	0.06–1.22	0.07
35 and above	26(15.2%)	145(84.8%)	0.18	0.04–0.76	0.02
Marital status
Single	37(31.9%)	79(68.1%)	0.94	0.33–2.69	0.90
Married	134(18.8%)	577(81.2%)	0.46	0.17–1.26	0.13
Separated	6(16.2%)	31(83.8%)	0.39	0.10–1.44	0.16
Widowed	5(20.8%)	19(79.2%)	0.52	0.13–2.11	0.37
Divorced	6(33.3%)	12(66.7%)	1.00	reference	reference
Social class
Upper	20(15.6%)	108(84.4%)	0.48	0.28–0.82	0.01
Middle	67(16.2%)	347(83.8%)	0.50	0.36–0.71	<0.001
Lower	101(27.7%)	263(72.3%)	1.00	Reference	Reference
Parity
0	49(28%)	126(72%)	1.00	Reference	Reference
1–4	126(19.1%)	532(80.9%)	0.61	0.42–0.89	0.01
5 and above	3(17.8%)	60(82.2%)	0.56	0.28–1.11	0.09
Obesity
Yes	77(17.5%)	362(82.5%)	0.68	0.49–0.95	0.02
No	111(23.8%)	356(76.2%)	1.00	Reference	Reference
Unbooked Status
Yes	98(35.1%)	181(64.9%)	3.23	2.32–4.50	<0.001
No	90(14.4%)	537(85.6%)	1.00	Reference	Reference

*Significant p value < 0.05