Table 1 Prevalence of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of participants by age and sex
Parameters | Sex | P -value | Age group in years | Total | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | 0.1–1.0 | 1.1–2.0 | 2.1–3.0 | |||||
N (%) | 322 (49.6) | 327 (50.4) | 206 (31.7) | 222 (34.2) | 221 (34.1) | 649 (100) | |||
Site | Dibanda | 23.3 (75) | 26.3 (86) | 0.639 | 22.3 (46) | 27.9 (62) | 24.0 (53) | 24.8 (161) | 0.280 |
Ekona | 43.5 (140) | 40.7 (133) | 44.7 (92) | 43.2 (96) | 38.5 (85) | 42.1 (273) | |||
Muea | 33.2 (107) | 33.0 (108) | 33.0 (68) | 28.8 (64) | 37.6 (83) | 33.1 (215) | |||
Infant feeding habit | EBF | 20.5 (66) | 20.8 (68) | 0.939 | 17.5 (36) | 24.3 (54) | 19.9 (44) | 20.6 (134) | 0.368 |
MF | 61.2 (197) | 59.9 (196) | 62.1 (128) | 59.9 (133) | 59.7 (132) | 60.6 (393) | |||
NBF | 18.3 (59) | 19.3 (63) | 20.4 (42) | 15.8 (35) | 20.4 (45) | 18.8 (122) | |||
Educational level | No formal | 47.8 (150) | 38.6 (123) | 0.017 | 41.7 (85) | 44.9 (97) | 42.7 (91) | 43.1 (273) | 0.859 |
Primary | 24.2 (76) | 24.5 (78) | 26.0 (53) | 21.8 (47) | 25.4 (54) | 24.3 (154) | |||
Secondary | 24.2 (76) | 28.2 (90) | 26.5 (54) | 25.5 (55) | 26.8 (57) | 26.2 (166) | |||
Tertiary | 3.8 (12) | 8.8 (28) | 5.9 (12) | 7.9 (17) | 5.2 (11) | 6.3 (40) | |||
Prevalence of fever (n) | 5.0 (16) | 6.1 (20) | 0.523 | 3.8 (8) | 5.0 (11) | 7.7 (17) | 5.5 (36) | 0.204 | |
Prevalence of MP | 30.4 (98) | 28.4 (93) | 0.577 | 32.0 (59) | 26.6 (59) | 29.9 (66) | 29.4 (191) | 0.457 | |
Prevalence of AMP | 28.3 (89) | 27.2 (89) | 0.600 | 30.1 (62) | 25.2 (56) | 28.1 (62) | 27.7 (180) | 0.803 | |
Prevalence of microcytosis | 73.3 (236) | 68.5 (224) | 0.179 | 57.3 (118) | 71.2 (158) | 83.3 (184) | 70.9 (460 | < 0.001 | |
Prevalence of hypochromasia | 4.3 (14) | 7.6 (25) | 0.77 | 7.8 (16) | 6.3 (14) | 4.1 (9) | 6.0 (39) | 0.269 | |
Prevalence of thrombocytopenia | 20.8 (67) | 21.7 (71) | 0.778 | 17.0 (35) | 18.5 (41) | 28.1 (62) | 21.3 (138) | 0.009 | |