Anaemia Prevalence More Than Doubles in an Academic Year in a Cohort of Tertiary Students: A Repeated-Measure Study in Cape Coast, Ghana

Table 3

Factors associated with optimal iron levels (ferritin ≥30 ng/mL).

	Regression coefficients	Standard error	t	value	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
						Lower	Upper
Constant	−0.181	2.468	0.005	0.942	0.835
Age
16–20	0.613	2.563	0.057	0.811	1.846	0.012	280.347
21–25	2.292	2.324	0.972	0.324	9.891	0.104	941.532
26–30	Referent
Gender
Male	4.038	1.953	4.275	0.039	56.727	1.234	2608.302
Female	Referent
Level
400	−3.853	2.401	2.575	0.109	0.021	0.000	2.347
300	−2.515	2.038	1.522	0.217	0.081	0.001	4.392
200	Referent
HB
Anaemia	−1.416	1.356	1.090	0.296	0.243	0.017	3.463
Normal	Referent
PLT
<150	−0.523	1.933	0.073	0.787	0.593	0.013	26.193
150–400	Referent
Hb elect
Non-Hb A	−2.326	1.532	2.306	0.129	0.098	0.005	1.966
Hb A	Referent
Blood group
Non-O	3.213	1.903	2.851	0.091	24.843	0.596	1034.693
O	Referent
G6PD status
Defective	3.995	2.173	3.379	0.066	54.334	0.767	3846.692
Normal	Referent

Value significant at  < 0.05.