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Table 4 The association between VAS and anemia among children aged 6–59 months across three household wealth strata, Ethiopia, 2010

From: Effect of a single high dose vitamin A supplementation on the hemoglobin status of children aged 6–59 months: propensity score matched retrospective cohort study based on the data of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2011

Wealth tertiles

Number of matched children

RR (95% CI) in VA supplemented group

McNemar’s χ2test

Poor

331

0.74 (0.61-0.90)*

χ2 = 9.48, P = 0.002*

Middle

311

0.86 (0.74-1.00)

χ2 = 3.55, P = 0.059

Rich

329

0.96 (0.82-1.12)

χ2 = 0.32, P = 0.630

  1. Number of matched children both selected from the respective wealth category.
  2. *Statistically significant.