Characteristics | Category | N | Prevalence of anaemia | P-value | Microcytic anaemia | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | All | 649 | 84.0 (545) | 59.3 (385) | ||
Socio-demographic | ||||||
Age group in years | 0.1–1.0 | 206 | 88.3 (182) | 0.022 | 53.4 (110) | 0.072 |
1.1–2 | 222 | 85.1 (189) | 59.9 (133) | |||
2.1–3 | 221 | 78.8 (174) | 64.3 (142) | |||
Sex | Female | 327 | 81.0 (265) | 0.040 | 54.1 (177) | 0.007 |
Male | 322 | 87.0 (280) | 64.6 (208) | |||
Site | Dibanda | 161 | 87.6 (141) | 0.270 | 59.6 (96) | 0.988 |
Ekona | 273 | 83.9 (229) | 59.0 (161) | |||
Muea | 215 | 81.4 (175) | 59.5 (128) | |||
Educational level of parent/caregiver | No formal | 273 | 98.2 (268) | < 0.001 | 70.3 (192) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 154 | 90.3 (139) | 63.6 (98) | |||
Secondary | 166 | 63.3 (105) | 41.6 (69) | |||
Tertiary | 40 | 45.0 (18) | 40.0 (16) | |||
Infant feeding habit | NBF | 122 | 86.1 (105) | 0.761 | 52.5 (64) | 0.182 |
EBF | 134 | 82.8 (111) | 63.4 (85) | |||
MF | 393 | 83.7 (329) | 60.1 (236) | |||
Clinical factors | ||||||
Febrile status | Febrile | 36 | 83.3 (30) | 0.914 | 63.9 (23) | 0.566 |
Afebrile | 613 | 84.0 (515) | 59.1 (362) | |||
Malaria parasite status | Positive | 191 | 84.8 (162) | 0.706 | 55.0 (105) | 0.145 |
Negative | 458 | 83.6 (383) | 61.0 (280) | |||
Undernourished | Yes | 249 | 87.2 (217) | 0.082 | 64.3 (160) | 0.043 |
No | 400 | 82.0 (328) | 56.3 (225) | |||
Stunted | Yes | 210 | 87.6 (184) | 0.080 | 66.2 (139) | 0.014 |
No | 439 | 82.2 (361) | 56.0 (246) | |||
Wasted | Yes | 41 | 92.7 (38) | 0.116 | 65.9 (27) | 0.379 |
No | 608 | 83.4 (507) | 58.9 (358) | |||
Underweight | Yes | 85 | 87.1 (74) | 0.406 | 65.9 (56) | 0.187 |
No | 564 | 83.5 (471) | 58.3 (329) |