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. 2018 Nov 12;2018:9201383. doi: 10.1155/2018/9201383

Table 2.

The magnitude of anemia among pregnant women attended antenatal clinic in public hospitals of Ilu Aba Bora zone, south west Ethiopia, 2016 (n=416).

Variables Anemia Total[%]
Yes[%] No[%]
Gestational age
First trimester 12[32.4] 25[67.6] 37[8.9]
Second trimester 48[21.3] 177[78.7] 225[54.1]
Third trimester 52[33.8] 102[66.2] 154[37]
Last delivery
Health institution 34[20.1] 135[79.9] 169[62.4]
Home 49[48.0] 53[52] 102[37.6]
Birth interval
<2years 52[47.7] 57[52.2] 109[38.7]
>2years 36[20.8] 137[79.2] 173[61.3]
Blood loss in last delivery
 Yes 41[41.4] 58[58.6] 99[36]
 No 44[25] 132[75] 176[64]
History of abortion
 Yes 38[49.4] 39[50.6] 77[18.5]
 No 74[21.8] 265[78.2] 339[81.5]
Use of contraceptive
 Yes 48[22.1] 169[77.9] 217[52.2]
 No 64[32.2] 135[67.8] 199[47.8]
Malaria infection in the last one year
 Yes 26[36.6] 45[63.4] 71[17.1]
 No 86[24.9] 259[75.1] 345[82.9]
STH infection
 Yes 22[68.8] 10[31.2] 32[7.7]
 No 90[23.4] 294[76.6] 384[92.3]
HIV status
 Positive 7[70] 3[30] 10[2.4]
 Negative 105[25.9] 301[74.1] 406[97.6]
Body mass index
 Under weight 29[60.4] 19[39.6] 48[11.5]
 Normal weight 77[25.3] 227[74.7] 304[73.1]
 Over weight 6[9.4] 58[90.6] 64[15.4]

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