Table 5.

Factors influencing the prevalence of anaemia in the study population

Variables	N	Prevalence of anaemia (n)	Bivariate logistic regression		Multivariate logistic regression
			COR (95% CI)	P value	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Altitude
Highland	423	57.7 (224)	Reference
Lowland	405	54.6 (221)	0.88 (0.67–1.16)	0.37	–	–
Age group (years)
10–14	197	38.6 (76)	Reference		Reference
5–9	342	57.9 (198)	2.20 (1.54–3.16)	< 0.001*	2.18 (1.50–3.17)	< 0.001*
< 5	289	66.1 (191)	3.07 (2.11–4.47)	< 0.001*	3.15 (2.11–4.70)	< 0.001*
Gender
Female	434	55.5 (241)	Reference
Male	394	56.9 (224)	1.01 (0.80–1.39)	0.70	–	–
Level of education
No formal	44	56.8 (25)	Reference
Primary	292	58.4 (229)	1.07 (0.57–2.00)	0.84	–	–
Secondary	267	55.4 (148)	0.95 (0.49–1.79)	0.86	–	–
Tertiary	48	47.9 (23)	0.69 (0.31–1.59)	0.39	–	–
Marital status
Married	202	55.4 (112)	Reference
Single	610	56.9 (347)	1.06 (0.77–1.46)	0.72	–	–
Malnourished
No	540	54.4 (294)	Reference		Reference
Yes	288	59.4 (171)	1.22 (0.92–1.63)	0.17	1.07 (0.78–1.49)	0.66
Wasted
No	251	68.5 (172)	Reference
Yes	87	59.8 (52)	0.98 (0.36–2.69)	0.97	–	–
Underweight
No	547	59.8 (327)	Reference
Yes	136	57.4 (78)	0.81 (0.44–1.51)	0.51	–	–
Stunted
No	632	54.6 (345)	Reference
Yes	196	61.2 (120)	0.79 (0.53–1.17)	0.23	–	–
Malaria status
No	483	48.9 (236)	Reference		Reference
Yes	345	66.4 (229)	2.07 (1.55–2.75)	< 0.001*	2.07 (1.53–2.79)	< 0.001*
Fever in the past 2 days
No	650	54.2 (352)	Reference		Reference
Yes	155	63.2 (98)	1.44 (1.01–2.06)	0.04*	1.52 (1.01–2.11)	0.04*

* Statistically significant P value, CI confidence Interval, COR crude odd ratio, AOR adjusted odd ratio