Rapid Assessment for Coexistence of Vitamin B12 and Iron Deficiency Anemia among Adolescent Males and Females in Northern Himalayan State of India

Table 2

Prevalence of anemia (g/dL) as per different BMI (kg/m²) categories among studied adolescent males and females in Himalayan state of north India, 2010.

BMI	Severe		𝜒^2, 𝑃 value	Moderate		𝜒^2, 𝑃 value	Mild		𝜒^2, 𝑃 value
	Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female
	<9.0	<7.0		9.0–11.9	7.0–9.9		12.–12.9	10.–11.9
<17.0	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	—	62 (34.1)	45 (18.0)	3.4, 0.06	61 (33.5)	193 (77.2)	41.0, 0.00
17.1–18.5	2 (3.6)	1 (0.8)	—	19 (33.9)	45 (36.0)	0.8, 0.35	20 (35.7)	75 (60.0)	3.9, 0.04
18.5–24.9	2 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	—	26 (25.5)	62 (40.8)	1.4, 0.23	36 (35.3)	84 (55.3)	3.5, 0.06
25.0–29.9	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	—	0 (0.0)	9 (20.0)	—	(0.0)	4 (80.0)	—

—: could not be calculated due less numbers.