Prevalence of Anemia and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Health Institutions of Arba Minch Town, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 6
Dietary habits associated with anemia in pregnancy among ANC attendees in government health institutions of Arba Minch town from February to April 2015 ().
Variables
Anemia
COR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Eating food made from “Enset” and its products
Twice/month
10 (43.5%)
13 (56.5%)
1.00
1-2 per week
25 (35.7%)
45 (64.3%)
0.72 (0.27–1.88)
3-4 per week
15 (17.9%)
69 (82.1%)
0.28 (0.10–0.76)
Once/day
38 (36.5%)
66 (63.5%)
0.75 (0.30–1.87)
>1 per day
21 (41.2%)
30 (58.8%)
0.91 (0.34–2.46)
Eating food made from cereals, grains
2 times/wk
7 (43.8%)
9 (56.2%)
1.00
3-4/wk
7 (33.3%)
14 (66.7%)
0.64 (0.17–2.45)
Once/day
22 (18.3%)
98 (81.7%)
0.28 (0.09–0.86)
>1/day
73 (32.8%)
102 (67.2%)
0.92 (0.33–2.58)
Drinking tea or coffee
2/month or less
6 (2.4%)
19 (76%)
1.00
1–4/wk
6 (20%)
24 (80%)
0.79 (0.22–2.85)
1/day
33 (25%)
99 (75%)
1.1 (0.38–2.86)
>1/day
64 (44.1%)
81 (55.9%)
2.5 (0.94–6.63)
Eating fruit
≤2 wk
20 (45.5%)
24 (54.5%)
1.00
3-4/wk
25 (30.5%)
57 (69.5%)
0.53 (0.25–1.12)
1/day
38 (28.1%)
97 (71.9%)
0.47 (0.23–0.95)
>1/day
25 (35.7%)
45 (64.3%)
0.67 (0.31–1.44)
Eating beef, goat, chicken, or other kinds of organ meat
