Table 7.

Association between dark green leafy vegetable consumption and iron status^a among study respondents

Determinants	n 153 AOR [CI]b	P*	Mean (sd)	CI (95 %)
Amaranth
Never (ref)		0⋅001	34⋅199 (54⋅241)	23⋅891–49⋅283
Once/week	2⋅534 [1⋅166–5⋅507]	0⋅019	28⋅102 (24⋅498)	22⋅257–36⋅212
2–4 times/week	7⋅141 [2⋅153–23⋅688]	0⋅001	41⋅930 (24⋅763)	32⋅586–52⋅349
5–7 times/week	8⋅818 [1⋅766–42⋅044]	0⋅008	67⋅585 (40⋅871)	46⋅028–90⋅643
Kale
Never (ref)		0⋅348	21⋅980 (10⋅326)	15⋅835–27⋅819
Once/week	2⋅888 [0⋅606–13⋅762]	0⋅183	51⋅515 (82⋅9161)	27⋅192–88⋅016
2–4 times/week	3⋅691 [0⋅878–15⋅524]	0⋅075	33⋅813 (29⋅032)	27⋅608–40⋅625
5–7 times/week	2⋅835 [0⋅637–12⋅613]	0⋅171	34⋅277 (26⋅278)	26⋅779–43⋅110
Jute mallow
Never (ref)		0⋅832	26⋅918 (22⋅384)	21⋅979–33⋅649
Once/week	1⋅138 [0⋅498–2⋅599]	0⋅760	47⋅364 (70⋅938)	29⋅520–72⋅947
2–4 times/week	1⋅636 [0⋅710–3⋅767]	0⋅247	39⋅328 (32⋅379)	30⋅902–49⋅217
5–7 times/week	2⋅290 [0⋅557–9⋅415]	0⋅251	32⋅325 (15⋅115)	24⋅076–41⋅358
Spider plant
Never (ref)		<0⋅001	25⋅840 (25⋅738)	19⋅115–34⋅417
Once/week	3⋅290 [1⋅395–7⋅756]	0⋅007	26⋅792 (17⋅009)	22⋅713–31⋅173
2–4 times/week	22⋅132 [6⋅831–71⋅708]	<0⋅001	57⋅715 (70⋅575)	39⋅105–83⋅983
5–7 times/week	21⋅855 [2⋅379–200⋅815]	0⋅006	54⋅988 (19⋅123)	41⋅300–68⋅400
Spinach
Never (ref)		0⋅382	41⋅530 (56⋅215)	30⋅723–55⋅544
Once/week	0⋅521 [0⋅219–1⋅241]	0⋅141	35⋅974 (29⋅676)	25⋅789–47⋅676
2–4 times/week	0⋅699 [0⋅301–1⋅623]	0⋅405	29⋅600 (26⋅757)	22⋅314–38⋅846
5–7 times/week	1⋅297 [0⋅877–1⋅917]	0⋅964	28⋅940 (17⋅233)	21⋅281–38⋅833

^aAdjusted for parasitic infections, major blood losses, and milk and milk products.

^bThe iron status indicator was serum ferritin levels.

^*Significance level at P < 0⋅05.