Research Article
Determinants of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months Living in Kilte Awulaelo Woreda, Northern Ethiopia
Table 6
Association of child factors with anemia in children aged 6–59 months in Kilte Awulaelo Woreda, eastern zone, northern Ethiopia, 2013 (
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| | Variable | Anemic | OR (95% CI) | | Yes | No | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | | | Number (%) |
Number (%) | | |
| | Child factors | | | | | | Age | | | | | | <24 months | 119 (51.5) | 112 (48.5) | 2.79 (1.9, | 1.89 (1.2, | | ≥24 months | 93 (27.6) | 244 (72.4) | 1 | | | Sex of the child | | | | | | Male | 97 (34.4) | 185 (65.6) | 0.78 (0.5, 1.1) | | | Female | 114 (40.0) | 171 (60) | 1 | | | MUAC of the child | | | | | | <12 cm | 30 (81.1) | 7 (18.9) | 8.22 (3.5, | 3.35 (2.1, | | ≥12 cm |
182 (34) | 349 (65.7) | 1 | | | Birth order of the child | | | | | | ≤3 | 133 (37.3) | 224 (62.7) | 0.99 (0.7, 1.4) | | | ≥4 | 79 (37.4) | 132 (62.6) | 1 | | | Birth interval of the child | | | | | | ≤33 months | 16 (32.7) | 33 (67.3) | 1 | | | >33 months | 11 (15.1) | 62 (84.9) | 0.41 (0.1, | 0.42 (0.1, 1.3) | | Number of children in household | | | | | | ≤3 children | 128 (37.5) | 213 (62.5) | 1.02 (0.7, 1.4) | | | ≥4 children | 84 (37) | 143 (63) | 1 | | | Child wears shoe | | | | | | Yes | 184 (36.2) | 324 (63.8) | 0.65 (0.4, 1.1) | | | No | 28 (46.7) | 32 (53.3) | 1 | | | Number of food groups eaten by the child | | | | | | ≤3 food group | 81 (45) | 99 (55) | 1 | | | ≥4 food group | 131 (33.8) | 257 (66.2) | 0.32 (0.2, | 0.26 (0.04, 1.5) | | Stunting | | | | | | Yes | 129 (43.3) | 169 (56.7) | 1.72 (1.2, | 2.85 (0.8, 10.3) | | No | 83 (30.7) | 187 (69.3) | 1 | | | Underweight | | | | | | Yes | 66 (56.4) | 51 (43.6) | 2.70 (1.8, | 2.05 (1.3, | | No | 146 (32.4) | 305 (67.6) | 1 | | | Wasting | | | | | | Yes | 23 (60.5) | 15 (39.5) | 2.76 (1.410, | 3.06 (0.8, 10.5) | | No | 189 (35.7) | 341 (64.3) | 1 | |
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Variables show statistically significant association at value < 0.05. OR: odds ratio.
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