Table 6.

Factors associated with mild, moderate, and/or severe anemia^† in a multinomial logistic regression model^† for a sample of 341 men (>19 years) in rural southern India.

Variable	Mild anemia OR (95% CI)	Moderate anemia OR (95% CI)	Severe anemia OR (95% CI)
Age (years)	1.04 (1.01, 1.06)∗∗∗	1.05 (1.02, 1.09)∗∗∗	1.1 (1.03, 1.18)∗∗∗
Rurality index	0.95 (0.65, 1.41)	0.97 (0.60, 1.57)	0.50 (0.25, 0.99)∗∗
Sugar consumption (g/1000 kcal)	1.04 (1.01, 1.06)∗∗	1.01 (0.98, 1.05)	1.01 (0.94, 1.09)
Egg consumption (g/1000 kcal)	0.80 (0.65, 0.99)∗∗	0.88 (0.58, 1.34)∗	0.88 (0.58, 1.34)
High caste (Y/N)	3.2 (0.48, 21.5)	7.3 (1.02, 52.3)∗∗	4.5 (0.65, 32.5)

^†No anemia as referent; dependent variable is a four-level outcome: 0 = no anemia; 1 = mild anemia; 2 = moderate anemia; 3 = severe anemia.

Mild anemia, Hb<130 g/dL; moderate anemia, Hb 110-129 g/dL; severe anemia, 80-109 g/dL.

∗P<0.2; ∗P<0.05, ∗∗P<0.01.