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

Table 3.

Factors associated with the magnitude of anemia among pregnant women visited antenatal clinic of public hospitals in Ilu Aba Bora zone, south west Ethiopia, 2016 (n=416).

Variables Anemia OR(95% CI)
Yes[%] No[%] Crude OR Adjusted OR
Residence
Urban 61[20.5] 237[39.5]
Rural 51[43.2] 67[56.8] 2.96(1.62,6.92) 2.37(2.11,5.06)
Marital status
 Married 100[25.2] 297[74.8] 5.09(1.56,7.89) 1.03(0.87,1.76)
 Others∗∗ 12[41.4] 7[1.7]
Family size
<2 26[18.8] 112[81.2]
 3-4 44[25.7] 127[74.3] 1.49(0.46,7.65) 1.03(0.06,3.76)
>5 42[39.3] 65[60.7] 2.78(1.07,4.56) 2.97(1.69,5.27)
Parity
Primi gravida 28[19.2] 118[80.8]
Multi gravida 84[31.1] 186[68.9] 1.90(1.06,2.03) 1.61(0.54,2.43)
Last delivery
Health institution 34[20.1] 135[79.9] 1.61(0.86,3.02) 1.28(0.54,3.01)
Home 49[48.0] 53[52]
Birth interval
 <2years 52[47.7] 57[52.2] 1.15(0.56,2.38) 0.75(0.29,1.95)
 >2years 36[20.8] 137[79.2]
Blood loss in last delivery
 Yes 41[41.4] 58[58.6] 0.46(0.20,0.83) 0.45(.15, 1.29)
 No 44[25] 132[75]
History of abortion
 Yes 38[49.4] 39[50.6]
 No 74[21.8] 265[78.2] 0.41(0.20,0.83) 0.45(.15, 1.29)
Use of contractive
 Yes 48[22.1] 169[77.9] 0.58(0.251.365)
 No 64[32.2] 135[67.8]
Malaria infection in the last 1 year
 Yes 26[36.6] 45[63.4] 3.35(1.62,6.92) 3.1(2.1; 5.06)
 No 86[24.9] 259[75.1]
Soil transmitted helminthes infection
 Yes 22[68.8] 10[31.2] 3.2(1.6,6.32) 3.19(1.5,6.65)
 No 90[23.4] 294[76.6]
HIV status
 Positive 7[70] 3[30] 1.37(0.65,2.88) 1.15(0.47,2.83)
 Negative 105[25.9] 301[74.1]
Body mass index
 Under weight 29[60.4] 19[39.6] 4.49(1.56,5.63) 2.74(1.34,5.57)
 Over weight 6[9.4] 58[90.6] 0.30(0.04,0.82) 0.96 (0.44,5.00)
 Normal weight 77[25.3] 227[74.7]

=significant in backward stepwise logistic regression and ∗∗= single, divorced, and widowed.