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

BMC Pediatrics

Table 6 Multiple linear regression for ferritin in rural primary school children in Polonnaruwa district who have hemoglobin levels less than 12 g/dl

	r¹	p¹	N	Beta	p²	r²
Hemoglobin	-0.241	0.000	417	-0.248	0.000	-0.244
Average monthly income of family	-0.131	0.006	359	-0.136	0.008	-0.134
Frequency of meat consumption	0.114	0.013	384	0.134	0.014	0.125
Sex	-0.109	0.013	413	-0.108	0.033	-0.108
Mother's education	-0.080	0.057	397	-0.081	0.362	-0.046
Father's education	-0.064	0.103	389	0.033	0.710	0.019
Age (days)	0.065	0.092	417	0.097	0.059	0.095
Frequency of green leaf consumption	0.037	0.237	382	-0.003	0.961	-0.002
BMI for age	-0.003	0.477	403	0.025	0.627	0.024
Ethnicity	-0.002	0.488	405	-0.029	0.593	-0.027
Number of children in the family	0.098	0.025	402	0.082	0.120	0.078
Timing of warm treatment	0.028	0.289	396	0.006	0.906	0.006

r¹- 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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