Table 3.
Medical conditions among all children by sickle cell disease (SCD) status (N=133 481)
| Children with SCD n=(215) |
Children without SCD n=(133 266) | AOR for SCD vs no SCD (95% CI) | P value | |||
| Unweighted n | Weighted % | Unweighted n | Weighted % | |||
| Medical conditions (past 12 months) | ||||||
| Anaemia | 54 | 30.65 | 1188 | 1.04 | 27.1 (15.6 to 46.9) | <0.001 |
| Asthma attack | 31 | 39.10 | 6619 | 37.80 | 0.9 (0.4 to 1.7) | 0.709 |
| Hay fever | 0 | – | 675 | 2.91 | – | – |
| Respiratory allergies | 33 | 18.05 | 13 006 | 11.53 | 2.2 (1.3 to 3.9) | 0.004 |
| Food/digestive allergies | 16 | 8.38 | 6062 | 5.39 | 1.8 (0.9 to 3.7) | 0.084 |
| Eczema/skin allergy | 40 | 22.06 | 12 928 | 11.66 | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.6) | 0.088 |
| Frequent diarrhoea/colitis | 4 | 1.39 | 1517 | 1.36 | 1.2 (0.4 to 3.5) | 0.655 |
| Frequent severe headaches/migraines | 26 | 11.27 | 6695 | 5.75 | 2.1 (1.1 to 4.1) | 0.034 |
| Three or more ear infections | 8 | 2.72 | 4508 | 4.11 | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.7) | 0.378 |
AOR, adjusted OR.