Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Secondary School Adolescent Girls in Jimma Town, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Binary and multivariable logistic regression model to identify factors associated with anemia among adolescent high school girls in Jimma town, Oromia, southwest Ethiopia.
Variables
Category
Outcome variables
COR 95% CI
AOR 95% CI
Anemia (%)
Normal (%)
Father education
Cannot read and write
12 (41.4)
17 (58.6)
1
—
Can read and write
38 (36.2)
81 (63.8)
0.66 (0.29, 1.53)
0.540 (0.19, 1.56)
Primary (1–8)
33 (30.3)
76 (69.7)
0.62 (0.26, 1.43)
0.672 (0.28, 1.99)
Secondary (9–12)
27 (22.5)
93 (77.5)
0.41 (0.17, 0.97)
0.48 (0.16, 1.43)
Above 12
31 (20.5)
120 (79.5)
0.37 (0.16, 0.85)
0.90 (0.30, 2.70)
Mother education
Cannot read and write
29 (43.9)
37 (56.1)
1
1
Can read and write
42 (44.2)
53 (55.8)
1.10 (0.54, 1.90)
1.56 (0.73, 3.35)
Primary (1–8)
36 (30.8)
81 (69.2)
0.57 (0.30, 1.06)
0.85 (0.40, 1.81)
Secondary (9–12)
18 (15.3)
100 (84.7)
0.23 (0.11, 0.46)
0.43 (0.19, 0.98)
Above 12
16 (12.1)
116 (87.9)
0.18 (0.09, 0.36)
0.44 (0.18, 0.95)
Living status
Living with parent
69 (17.50)
325 (82.5)
1
1
Living with relatives
30 (43.5)
39 (56.5)
3.62 (2.11, 6.23)
2.51 (1.35, 4.67)
Living separately from family
42 (64.6)
23 (35.4)
8.60 (4.86, 15.22)
4.43 (2.20, 8.90)
Heard about anemia
Yes
75 (20.2)
296 (79.8)
1
1
No
66 (42)
91 (58.0)
2.86 (1.91, 4.29)
1.140 (0.66, 1.96)
Meal frequency per day
Once
7 (11.1)
5 (88.9)
4.97 (1.42, 17.35)
1.23 (0.231, 6.62)
Two times
38 (56.6)
43 (43.4)
3.14 (1.62, 6.07)
1.08 (0.47, 2.49)
Three times
76 (21.2)
268 (78.8)
1.07 (0.58, 1.76)
0.58 (0.30, 1.09)
Four and above
20 (22.0)
71 (78.0)
1
Menstruation status (N = 519)
Yes
22 (61.4)
35 (38.6)
1.92 (1.08, 3.40)
1.93 (0.94, 3.94)
No
114 (73.8)
348 (24.7)
1
1
Thinness
Thinness
25 (61.0)
16 (39.0)
4.99 (2.58, 9.68)
2.31 (0.91, 5.45)
Normal
116 (23.8)
371 (76.2)
1
1
DDS
Low
59 (57.3)
44 (42.7)
7.73 (4.53, 13.18)
3.57 (1.88, 6.76)
Medium
48 (24.6)
147 (75.4)
1.88 (1.15, 3.07)
1.90 (1.11, 3.27)
High
34 (14.8)
196 (85.2)
1
1
Family size
≤5
43 (18.6)
188 (81.4)
1
1
>5
98 (33.0)
199 (67.0)
2.15 (1.43, 3.24)
1.24 (0.74, 2.07)
Wealth index
Low
77 (42.5)
104 (57.5)
4.77 (2.84, 8.02)
2.16 (1.17, 3.99)
Medium
39 (22.3)
136 (77.7)
1.69 (0.97, 2.93)
1.24 (0.66, 2.32)
High
25 (14.5)
147 (85.5)
1
Frequency of changed pad (N = 519)
≤3 times p/day
102 (23.9
325 (76.1)
1
1
3> times p/day
34 (37)
58 (63.0)
1.87 (1.16,3.01)
1.68 (0.92, 2.97)
Duration of menses (N = 519)
≤5 days
100 (21.1)
352 (77.9)
1
>5 days
36 (53.7)
31 (46.3)
4 (2.4, 6.9)
2.25 (1.17, 4.33)
variables at -value ≤0.25 in bivariate logistic regression, predictor variables in multivariate logistic regression at .
