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Table 3 Prevalence of anemia by socio-demographic, obstetric and other characteristics of pregnant women at Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, North Shoa, Ethiopia, October to January 2015

From: Anemia and other hematological profiles of pregnant women attending antenatal care in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, North Shoa, Ethiopia

Variables

Anemic status

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Anemic (%)

Non anemic (%)

Age

 < 20

5 (11.6%)

38 (88.4%)

17.6 (1.99, 155.5)

29.5 (1.99, 436.7)*

 20–25

2 (1.9%)

104 (98.1%)

2.58 (0.231, 28.8)

5.24 (0.35, 78.8)

 ≥ 26

1 (0.74%)

134 (99.26%)

1

1

BMI

 < 19.8

2 (8.3%)

22 (81.7%)

3.8 (0.73, 20.2)

4.15 (0.55, 31.2)

 ≥ 19.8

6 (2.3%)

254 (97.7%)

1

1

Marital status

 Single

1 (11.1%)

8 (89.9%)

4.79 (0.53, 43.6)

5.86 (0.43, 78.8)

 Married

7 (2.5%)

268 (97.5%)

1

1

Residence

 Urban

5 (2.3%)

209 (97.7%)

0.53 (0.12, 2.3)

0.66 (0.09, 4.86)

 Rural

3 (4.3%)

67 (95.7%)

1

1

Educational status

 Illiterate

1 (1.8%)

54 (98.2%)

0.82 (0.26, 4.7)

0.62 (0.03, 11.59)

 Primary

3 (6.1%)

46 (93.9%)

2.9 (0.62, 13.3)

2.87 (0.35, 23.61)

 Secondary and above

4 (2.2%)

176 (97.8%)

1

1

Gestational age

 1st trimester

0

46 (100%)

000

000

 2nd trimester

5 (5%)

95 (95%)

2.37 (0.55, 10.2)

1.49 (0.26, 8.64)

 3rd trimester

3 (2.2%)

135 (97.8%)

1

1

Parity

 Para 0

5 (3.3%)

146 (96.7%)

1.48 (0.35, 6.33)

0.34 (0.05, 2.46)

 Para 1+

3 (2.3%)

130 (97.7%)

1

1

Age of last child

 ≤ 2

1 (5.3%)

18 (94.7%)

3.2 (0.28, 37.6)

 

 > 2

2 (1.8%)

112 (98.2%)

1

 

Number of ANC visit

 1

3 (2.6%)

111 (97.4%)

1.2 (0.19, 7.27)

1.18 (0.06, 23.64)

 2

3 (3.8%)

77 (96.2%)

1.7 (0.28, 10.5)

1.99 (0.21, 18.39)

 3+

2 (2.2%)

88 (97.8%)

1

1

Taking iron supplements

 Yes

5 (2.9%)

166 (97.1%)

1.1 (0.26, 4.7)

0.72 (0.06, 8.29)

 No

3 (2.7%)

110 (97.3%)

1

1

  1. Italic data denote some significances
  2. (N = 284)
  3. ANC antenatal care, BMI body mass index
  4. * P-value < 0.05