Research Article
Anaemia among Female Undergraduates Residing in the Hostels of University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Table 3
Distribution of nonanaemic and anaemic subjects according to dietary habits and selected medical conditions.
| | Nonanaemic () | Anaemic () | value | | % | | % |
| Consumption extra meals | | | | | | Yes | 193 | 85.8 | 59 | 76.6 | 0.062 | No | 32 | 14.2 | 18 | 23.4 | Vegetarian or not | | | | | | Yes | 13 | 5.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 0.525 | No | 212 | 94.2 | 74 | 96.1 | Number of meals supplemented with meat, fish, or egg per day | | | | | | Zero | 14 | 6.2 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.499 | One | 57 | 25.3 | 24 | 31.2 | Two | 129 | 57.3 | 44 | 57.1 | Three | 25 | 11.1 | 72 | 9.1 | Drinking tea within one hour of a main meal | | | | | | Yes | 23 | 10.2 | 7 | 9.1 | 0.775 | No | 202 | 89.8 | 70 | 90.9 | Subject’s awareness about anaemia | | | | | | Yes | 101 | 44.9 | 39 | 50.6 | 0.382 | No | 124 | 55.1 | 38 | 49.4 | Passage of clots in menstrual blood | | | | | | Yes | 108 | 48.0 | 34 | 44.2 | 0.560 | No | 117 | 52.0 | 43 | 55.8 | Antihelminthic treatment within the past year | | | | | | Yes | 178 | 79.1 | 62 | 80.5 | 0.792 | No | 47 | 20.9 | 15 | 19.5 |
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