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. 2021 Apr 8;2021:5712309. doi: 10.1155/2021/5712309

Table 5.

Multinomial regression analysis examining sociodemographic, clinical, hygiene, and dietary factors associated with anaemia, microcytic anaemia, and malarial anaemia.

Parameter Category Anaemia Microcytic anaemia Malarial anaemia
AOR (95% CI) P value AOR (95% CI) P value AOR (95% CI) P value
Sociodemographic factors
Gender Male 1.0 (0.6-1.6) 0.904 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 0.417 0.7 (0.4–1.4) 0.355
Female Reference   Reference   Reference  
Age 1–5 0.9(0.5–1.6) 0.685 2.4 (1.3–4.6) 0.007 1.9 (0.8–4.5 0.163
6–10 1.1 (0.5–2.1) 0.852 2.0 (1.0–3.9) 0.060 3.3 (1.4–8.1) 0.008
11–15 Reference   Reference   Ref  
Altitude Lowland 4.0 (1.3–12.4) 0.017 1.7 (0.5–6.1) 0.401 3.3 (0.8–13.6) 0.096
Highland Reference   Reference — Reference —
Presentation Hospital 1.5 (0.5–4.4) 0.515 0.4 (0.1–1.4) 0.133 2.8 (0.7–11.5) 0.147
Community Reference — Reference — Reference —
Family size >10 0.2 (0.1–0.7) 0.017 1.2 (0.4–4.7) 0.748 1.0 (0.3–4.1) 0.979
6–10 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 0.828 1.1(0.6–1.8) 0.833 0.8 (0.4–1.5) 0.446
1–5 Reference   Reference — Reference —
Parents' age ≤25 1.0 (0.3–3.7) 0.991 0.5 (0.1–2.4) 0.349 0.8 (0.1–7.1) 0.826
26–35 1.8 (0.9–4.0) 0.117 1.7 (0.8–3.7) 0.163 2.6 (1.0–6.6) 0.049
36–50 1.2 (0.6–2.2) 0.645 1.8 (0.9–3.8) 0.105 1.4 (0.6–3.4) 0.481
>50 Reference — Reference — Reference —
Education level No formal 1.9 (0.6–5.7) 0.261 0.6 (0.2–1.8) 0.388 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 0.005
Primary 1.5 (0.5–4.4) 0.506 0.5 (0.2–1.5) 0.215 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 0.003
Secondary 1.1 (0.3–3.4) 0.902 0.5 (0.2–1.8) 0.303 0.3 (0.1–0.9) 0.030
Tertiary Reference — Reference — Reference —
Ethnicity Coastal 1.4 (0.4–5.5) 0.645 1.4 (0.4–4.3) 0.599 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.194
  Grassland 2.2 (0.6–8.5) 0.265 0.8 (0.3–2.5) 0.701 0.8 (0.3–1.7) 0.493
  Forest — — 15.7 (1.6–155.4) 0.019 1.1 (0.1–10.3) 0.961
  Sahel 4.3 (0.4–41.7) 0.210 0.1 (0.0–1.5) 0.098   —
  Others Reference — Reference   Reference —
Occupation Farming 2.2 (1.0–4.5) 0.042 2.5 (1.1–5.9) 0.038 2.0 (0.7—6.2) 0.225
  Civil servant 1.1 (0.5–2.5) 0.735 0.9 (0.3–2.3) 0.762 1.5 (0.4–4.9) 0.543
  Petty trading 0.9 (0.4–2.1) 0.885 1.3 (0.5–3.5) 0.573 2.1 (0.6–56.9) 0.242
  Private worker 2.7 (1.2–6.0) 0.013 2.2 (0.9–5.3) 0.087 1.7 (0.5–5.5) 0.373
  Fishing 5.5 (2.3–12.7) <0.001 0.3 (0.0–1.5) <0.001 2.8 (0.9—8.7) 0.073
  Jobless 1.5 (0.7–3.4) 0.313 3.4 (1.4–8.3) 0.009 3.8 (1.2–12.1) 0.023
  Retired Reference — Reference   Reference —

Clinical factors
Malnutrition Yes 1.2 (0.1–31.4) 0.903 0.2 (0.0–2.3) 0.196 1.2 (0.0–31.4) 0.903
  No Reference   Reference   Reference  
Stunting Yes 0.4 (0.0–12.5) 0.621 7.9 (0.7–84.2) 0.088 0.4 (0.0–12.5) 0.621
  No Reference   Reference   Reference —
Underweight Yes 0.7 (0.0–12.2) 0.831 2.3(0.6–9.5) 0.245 0.7 (0.0–12.2) 0.831
No Reference   Reference — Reference —
Wasting Yes — — 1.4 (0.1–12.2) 0.912 — —
No Reference   Reference — Reference —
Parasitaemia High 0.3 (0.1–1.8) 0.183 0.1 (0.0–1.2) 0.071 0.1 (0.0–1.9) 0.129
Moderate 0.2 (0.0–1.3) 0.086 2.6 (1.0–6.6) 0.048 0.9 (0.2–3.9) 0.932
Low Ref   Reference   Ref  
Inflammation Yes 1.1 (0.3–4.3) 0.937 2.0(0.9–4.4) 0.084 1.1 (0.3–4.3) 0.937
No Ref   Ref   Ref  

Dietary factors
Weekly fruit consumption 1-2 1.4 (0.8–2.4) 0.240 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 0.995 0.9 (0.5–1.9) 0.861
  3-4 0.4 (0.2–0.8) 0.015 1.1 (0.6–2.2) 0.783 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 0.471
  >4 Reference   Reference — Reference —
Weakly meat consumption 1-2 1.2 (0.7–2.1) 0.430 1.1 (0.7–1.9) 0.661 1.3 (0.7–2.6) 0.436
  3-4 2.5 (1.1–5.6) 0.026 1.8 (0.9–3.6) 0.077 1.6 (0.7–3.8) 0.346
  >4 Reference   Reference — Reference —
Weekly Plantain consumption 1-2 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 0.174 0.7 (0.2–1.2) 0.158 2.2 (1.0–4.8) 0.052
  3-4 2.5 (1.1–5.6) 0.034 0.5 (0.2–1.0) 0.057 2.9 (1.2–7.3) 0.024
  >4 Reference — Reference — Reference  

P values in bold are statistically significant.