Sociodemographic and Obstetric Characteristics of Anaemic Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Bolgatanga Regional Hospital

Table 4

Multivariate logistic regression of factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy.

Variable	Adjusted aOR (95% CI)	value
Maternal age
<30 years	1.01 (CI: 1.1–2.6)	0.1101
≥30 years	Reference
Residency
Urban	Reference
Rural	3.10 (CI: 2.16–4.91)	0.0071
Level of education
None	1.88 (CI: 1.04–3.19)	0.485
Basic	1.65 (CI: 1.04–2.95)	0.712
Higher	Reference
Occupation status
Unemployment	4.76 (CI: 2.26–11.33)	<0.0001
Self-employment	0.12 (CI: 0.06–1.45)	0.0100
Civil servant	Reference
Gravidity
Primigravida	2.13 (CI: 1.34–3.18)	0.0201
Multigravida	Reference
Parity
Nulliparity	1.92 (CI: 1.23–2.86)	0.0231
Multiparity	Reference
Trimester of pregnancy
First	Reference	—
Second	1.71 (CI: 1.33–3.12)	0.0149
Third	2.73 (CI: 1.24–4.35)	0.0017
Source of water
Pipe-borne water	Reference
(well and bore hole)	2.78 (CI: 2.27–5.21)	<0.0001
PHA
Yes	1.23 (CI: 0.93–2.64)	0.1378
No	Reference
Presence of domestic livestock
Yes	2.15 (CI: 1.33–3.68)	0.0019
No	Reference

PHA: previous history of anaemia; CI: confidence interval. Logistic regression analysis was adjusted for maternal age.