Table 4.
Prevalence of anaemia, microcytic anaemia, and malarial anaemia with respect to nutritional status and dietary habits.
| Parameter | Status | N | Prevalence [% (n)] of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaemia | P value | Microcytic anaemia | P value | Malarial anaemia | P value | |||
| Stunting | No | 494 | 66.6 (329) | 35.0 (173) | 18.8 (93) | |||
| Yes | 59 | 83.1 (49) | 0.010 | 47.5 (28) | 0.060 | 23.7 (14) | 0.368 | |
| Underweight | No | 405 | 67.9(275) | 40.7 (165) | 22.7 (92) | |||
| Yes | 19 | 89.5 (17) | 0.047 | 47.4 (9) | 0.566 | 21.1 (4) | 0.866 | |
| Wasting | No | 249 | 67.5(168) | 43.7 (107) | 21.7 (54) | |||
| Yes | 23 | 60.9 (14) | 0.520 | 21.7 (5) | 0.048 | 13.0 (3) | 0.330 | |
| Hand washing before meal | Yes | 352 | 68.8 (242) | 28.4 (100) | 13.6(48) | |||
| No/seldom | 55 | 80.0 (44) | 0.090 | 40.0 (22) | 0.081 | 18.2 (10) | 0.370 | |
| Daily meal | 1 | 41 | 80.5 (33) | 39.0 (16) | 19.5 (8) | |||
| 2 | 146 | 70.5 (103) | 30.8 (45) | 13.7 (20) | ||||
| 3 | 220 | 68.2 (150) | 0.285 | 27.7 (61) | 0.336 | 13.6 (30) | 0.597 | |
| Weekly fruits consumption | 1-2 | 173 | 74.6 (129) | 28.9 (50) | 15.6 (27) | |||
| 3-4 | 57 | 57.9 (33) | 31.6 (18) | 14.0 (8) | ||||
| >4 | 177 | 70.1 (124) | 0.058 | 30.5 (54) | 0.910 | 13.0 (23) | 0.782 | |
| Weekly meat consumption | 1-2 | 178 | 69.7 (124) | 29.2 (52) | 15.2 (27) | |||
| 3-4 | 59 | 83.1 (49) | 37.3 (22) | 20.3 (12) | ||||
| >4 | 170 | 66.5 (113) | 0.054 | 28.2 (48) | 0.407 | 11.2 (19) | 0.199 | |
| Weekly plantain consumption | 1-2 | 210 | 65.7 (138) | 28.6 (60) | 16.2 (34) | |||
| 3-4 | 68 | 85.3 (58) | 25.0 (17) | 20.6 (14) | ||||
| >4 | 129 | 69.8 (90) | 0.009 | 34.9 (45) | 0.289 | 7.8 (10) | 0.025 | |
P values in bold are statistically significant.