Prevalence and Factors Associated with Anemia among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 2
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women by sociodemographic, obstetric, and other characteristics of pregnant women (N=284).
Variables
Anemia status
AOR (95 CI)
P value
Non-Anemic ()
Anemic ()
Age group
≤20
15 (93.8%)
1 (6.2%)
1
21-25
86 (92.5%)
7 (7.5%)
1.53 (.16-14.70)
0.71
26-30
100 (84.7%)
18 (15.3%)
4.47 (.47-42.83)
0.19
31-35
37 (86.0%)
6 (14.0%)
5.58 (.457-68.10)
0.18
≥36
13 (92.9%)
1 (7.1%)
3.55 (.13-100.17)
0.46
weight group
40-49
27 (96.4%)
1 (3.6%)
1
50-59
81 (91.0%)
8 (9.0%)
2.34 (.25-21.85)
0.45
60-69
84 (82.4%)
18 (17.6%)
5.14 (.57-46.17)
0.14
70-79
36 (90.0%)
4 (10.0%)
1.38 (.12-16.30)
0.80
≥80
23 (92.0%)
2 (8.0%)
1.47 (.101-21.47)
0.78
Occupation
Farmer
16 (100.0%)
0 (.0%)
Housewife
141 (86.0%)
23 (14.0%)
Government
22 (91.7%)
2 (8.3%)
Student
7 (87.5%)
1 (12.5%)
Private
65 (90.3%)
7 (9.7%)
Educational status
Not educated
40 (95.2%)
2(4.8%)
Elementary
98(85.2%)
17 (14.8%)
Secondary
48(88.9%)
6(11.1%)
Preparatory
21 (91.3%)
2(8.7%)
University/college
44 (88.0%)
6 (12.0%)
Residence
Rural
23 (100.0%)
0 (.0%)
Urban
228 (87.4%)
33 (12.6%)
Trimester
1st trimester
46 (95.8%)
2(4.2%)
1
2nd trimester
55(83.3%)
11(16.7%)
6.72 (1.17-38.45)
0.03
3rd trimester
150 (88.2%)
20(11.8%)
8.31 (1.24-55.45)
0.03
Previous Pregnancy
No
81 (90.0%)
9 (10.0%)
Yes
170(87.6%)
24(12.4%)
Gravidity
1
81 (90.0%)
9 (10.0%)
2-4
145 (87.3%)
21 (12.7%)
≥5
25 (89.3%)
3 (10.7%)
Number of child
None
112 (90.3%)
12 (9.7%)
1
1
70 (82.4%)
15 (17.6%)
2.49 (.000)
0.99
2
47 (92.2%)
4 (7.8%)
6.81 (.000)
0.99
≥3
22 (91.7%)
2 (8.3%)
6.99 (.000)
0.99
Space b/n the current pregnancy and the last child
0 year
110(90.2%)
12(9.8%)
1
1 year
11(91.7%)
1(8.3%)
.00(.00)
0.99
2 year
20(95.2%)
1 (4.8%)
.00(.00)
0.99
3 year
30(90.9%)
3(9.1%)
.00(.00)
0.99
4 year and above
80 (83.3%)
16 (16.7%)
.00(.00)
0.99
Blood loss
No
224(87.5%)
32(12.5%)
1
Yes
27 (96.4%)
1(3.6%)
.29 (.03-2.52)
0.26
Abortion
No
185(89.4%)
22 (10.6%)
1
Yes
66 (85.7%)
11(14.3%)
2.06 (.82-5.15)
0.12
Number of abortion
None
185 (89.4%)
22 (10.6%)
Once
48 (85.7%)
8 (14.3%)
Two and above
18 (85.7%)
3 (14.3%)
Iron/folic acid Supplementation
No
100 (85.5%)
17(14.5%)
4.03(1.49-10.92)
0.01
Yes
151 (90.4%)
16 (9.6%)
1
Meat and Animal Product
No
11(84.6%)
2(15.4%)
Yes
240 (88.6%)
31(11.4%)
Frequency of eating meat and animal product
every day
33 (89.2%)
4(10.8%)
every 2 day
19(86.4%)
3(13.6%)
once in week
139 (86.9%)
21 (13.1%)
once in month
50 (94.3%)
3 (5.7%)
none
10 (83.3%)
2 (16.7%)
Fruit and Vegetable
No
2 (66.7%)
1 (33.3%)
Yes
249 (88.6%)
32 (11.4%)
Frequency of eating fruit and vegetable
every day
89 (89.0%)
11 (11.0%)
every 2 day
51 (87.9%)
7 (12.1%)
once in week
106 (88.3%)
14 (11.7%)
once in month
3(100.0%)
0 (.0%)
none
2 (66.7%)
1 (33.3%)
< 0.05 (statistically significant association) for the Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR).
