Anaemia among Female Undergraduates Residing in the Hostels of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Table 3

Distribution of nonanaemic and anaemic subjects according to dietary habits and selected medical conditions.

	Nonanaemic ()		Anaemic ()		value
		%		%
Consumption extra meals
Yes	193	85.8	59	76.6	0.062
No	32	14.2	18	23.4
Vegetarian or not
Yes	13	5.8	3	3.9	0.525
No	212	94.2	74	96.1
Number of meals supplemented with meat, fish, or egg per day
Zero	14	6.2	2	2.6	0.499
One	57	25.3	24	31.2
Two	129	57.3	44	57.1
Three	25	11.1	72	9.1
Drinking tea within one hour of a main meal
Yes	23	10.2	7	9.1	0.775
No	202	89.8	70	90.9
Subject’s awareness about anaemia
Yes	101	44.9	39	50.6	0.382
No	124	55.1	38	49.4
Passage of clots in menstrual blood
Yes	108	48.0	34	44.2	0.560
No	117	52.0	43	55.8
Antihelminthic treatment within the past year
Yes	178	79.1	62	80.5	0.792
No	47	20.9	15	19.5