Table 2 Comparison of anemia prevalence and mean hemoglobin concentration between males and females across districts and ethnicities
| Â | Anemia prevalence (%) | Hemoglobin (g/dl) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | t value | p value | ||||
District | Anuradhapura | Male | 20.0 (N = 253) | 12.07 | 0.94 | -0.802 | 0.423 |
Female | 20.2 (N = 245) | 12.10 | 0.86 | ||||
Polonnaruwa | Male | 14.4 (N = 139) | 12.32 | 0.88 | -0.545 | 0.586 | |
Female | 11.8 (N = 113) | 12.34 | 0.85 | ||||
Ethnicity | Sinhala | Male | 18.3 (N = 346) | 12.15 | 0.93 | -1.519 | 0.129 |
Female | 16.7 (N = 302) | 12.20 | 0.88 | ||||
Total | 17.5 (N = 648) | 12.18 | 0.90 |  |  | ||
Muslim | Male | 12.0 (N = 22) | 12.27 | 0.78 | 0.295 | 0.768 | |
Female | 14.5 (N = 29) | 12.25 | 0.81 | ||||
Total | 13.3 (N = 51) | 12.26 | 0.80 |  |  | ||