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. 2018 Dec 21;76:79. doi: 10.1186/s13690-018-0324-y

Table 6.

Factors Associated with Anaemia among late Adolescent girls in Dembia District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

Variables Categories Anemia COR AOR
Anemic Non anemic
Living status of the adolescence With both family 84 285 1 1
Either of two 23 45 1.7(1.0,3.03) 2(1.14,3.6)*
Guardians 11 14 2.7(1.2,6.1) 2.4(1.02,5.6)*
Upper respiratory Tract No 67 230 1 1
yes 51 114 1.5(1.01,2.4) 1.4(0.9,2.3)
Dietary Diversity (score) Adequate dietary diversity 27 126 1 1
Inadequate dietary diversity 91 218 1.9(1.2,3.1) 2.1(1.3,3.5)*
Household food security House hold food secure 93 304 1 1
House hold food insecure 25 40 2.0(1.2,3.5) 1.9(1.1, 3.5)*
Source of water Safe water 85 291 1 1
Unsafe water 33 53 2.1(1.3,3.5) 1.2(0.6,2.1)

*p value less than 0.05