Research Article

Prevalence and Predictors of Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: An Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis of pregnancy anemia with predictor variables ( ).

VariablesAnemia TotalOR (95% CI)
YesNo COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Maternal educational status
 Illiterate18 (25.7)52 (74.3)703.31  (1.29, 8.54)0.61 (0.14, 2.68)
 Primary5 (9.4)48 (90.6)530.997 (0.30, 3.33)0.37 (0.08, 1.73)
 Secondary20 (19)85 (81)1052.25 (0.89–5.65)0.99 (0.30, 3.22)
 Tertiary7 (9.5)67 (90.5)7411
Family income/month
 Low (<1000 birr)30 (21.9)107 (78.1)1373.22 (1.28, 8.13)3.15 (1.19, 8.33)*
 Medium (1000–2575 birr)14 (15.6)76 (84.4)902.12 (0.77, 5.81)1.80 (0.62, 5.18)
 High (>2575 birr)6 (8)69 (92)7511
Family size
 ≤216 (13.1)106 (86.9)12211
 3-4 members22 (15)125 (85)1471.17 (0.58, 2.34)1.03 (0.49, 2.13)
 ≥5 members12 (36.4)21 (63.6)333.78 (1.56, 9.17)4.13 (1.62, 10.52)**
Body mass index
 Underweight (<20 kg/m2)9 (30)21 (70)302.42  (1.03,  5.64)2.27 (0.83, 6.21)
 Normal and above (≥20 kg/m2)41 (15.1)231 (84.9)27211
Gravidity
 Primigravidae15 (11.6)114 (88.4)12911
 Secungravidae 11 (14.3)66 (85.7)771.27 (0.55, 2.91)1.1 (0.37, 3.08)
 3-4 gravidae14 (21.5)51 (78.5)652.09 (0.94, 4.65)2.19 (0.68, 6.99)
 ≥5 gravidae10 (32.3)21 (67.7)313.62  (1.43, 9.17)1.87 (0.31, 11.36)
Hookwarm
 Yes8 (34.8)15 (65.2)233.01 (1.2, 7.52)2.72 (1.01, 7.25)*
 No42 (15.1)237 (84.9)27911
HIV
 Yes12 (38.7)19 (61.3)313.9 (1.74, 8.62)5.75 (2.4, 13.69)***
 No38 (14)233 (86)27111

Bold numerical values indicate significant in bivariate but not in multivariate analysis. *Significant ( ), **significant ( ), and ***highly significant ( ) in multivariate analysis.