Factors associated with anemia among Sri Lankan primary school children in rural North Central Province

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Multiple regression for hemoglobin in rural primary school children in the NCP, Sri Lanka

Variable	r¹	p¹	N	Beta	p²	r²
District	0.134	0.000	4412	0.114	0.000	0.106
Sex	0.016	0.149	4396	0.009	0.607	0.009
Ethnicity	0.028	0.036	4088	0.023	0.197	0.022
Age (days)	0.139	0.000	4412	0.140	0.000	0.139
Father's education	0.056	0.000	3968	0.037	0.202	0.021
Mother's education	0.049	0.001	4023	-0.016	0.586	-0.009
Average monthly income of family	0.013	0.217	3623	0.010	0.548	0.010
Number of children in family	-0.015	0.171	4041	-0.028	0.113	-0.026
Frequency of green leaf consumption	-0.008	0.307	3975	-0.019	0.281	-0.018
Frequency of meat consumption	0.001	0.485	3903	0.011	0.542	0.010
Worm treatment	-0.041	0.006	3908	-0.039	0.026	-0.037
BMI for age	0.062	0.000	4328	0.052	0.002	0.051

r- Pearson correlation, p¹- Significance of Pearson correlation, N- Number, Beta - Standardized Coefficient, p² - Significance of standardized coefficient, r^{2 –}Part Correlation

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