Table 3.
Nutritional-related predictors of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care follow-ups in public hospitals in Central Ethiopia, April 2019 (multivariable analysis).
| Variables | Cases n = 142 (%) |
Controls n = 284 (%) |
COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taking tea/coffee after food | ||||
| Yes | 97 (68.3%) | 94 (33.1%) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 45 (31.7%) | 190 (66.9%) | 4.36 (2.83-6.71) | 2.35 (1.39-3.99)∗∗ |
| Presence of forbidden food during pregnancy (food taboo) | ||||
| Yes | 46 (32.6) | 23 (8.1%) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 96 (67.4%) | 261 (91.9%) | 2.76 (1.71-6.46) | 2.02 (1.06-3.86)∗ |
| Mid-upper arm circumference of mother in centimeters | ||||
| <23 | 105 (73.9%) | 38 (13.4%) | 5.79 (3.71-9.04) | 3.83 (2.26-6.49)∗∗ |
| ≥23 | 37 (26.1%) | 246 (86.6%) | 1 | 1 |
| Taking an additional food/meal during pregnancy | ||||
| Yes | 36 (32.4%) | 178 (62.7%) | 1 | 1 |
| No | 96 (67.6%) | 106 (37.3%) | 3.51 (2.29-5.37) | 1.99 (1.17-3.40)∗∗ |
| Frequency of taking (eating) fruits during pregnancy | ||||
| Daily | 6 (4.2%) | 19 (6.7%) | 1 | 1 |
| Every other day | 13 (9.2%) | 45 (15.8%) | 0.91 (0.3-2.77) | 1.34 (0.36-4.99) |
| 1-2 times per week | 29 (20.4%) | 85 (29.9%) | 1.08 (0.39-2.97) | 1.18 (0.35-3.94) |
| Once in 2 weeks | 45 (31.7%) | 113 (39.8%) | 1.26 (0.47-3.36) | 1.48 (0.46-4.82) |
| Do not take | 49 (34.5%) | 22 (7.7%) | 7.05 (2.48-20.09) | 4.05 (1.3-15.47)∗ |
| Dietary diversity score of the women | ||||
| Low | 42 (29.6%) | 47 (16.5%) | 3.01 (1.85-4.89) | 3.29 (1.83-5.9)∗∗ |
| Medium | 64 (45.1%) | 88 (31%) | 3.7 (1.13-6.43) | 2.88 (1.46-5.7)∗∗ |
| High | 36 (25.3%) | 149 (52.5%) | 1 | 1 |
AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; 1: reference group. ∗Statistically significant at p value < 0.05. ∗∗Statistically significant at p value < 0.01.