Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anemia among Reproductive-Aged Women in Sayint Adjibar Town, Northeast Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Prevalence and associated factors of anemia among RAW in Sayint Adjibar town, February to April 2018.
Variables
Variable categories
Anemia status
Nonanemic
Anemic
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Age
15–24
136 (80.5%)
33 (19.5%)
1.00
1.00
25–35
103 (79.2%)
27 (20.8%)
1.08 (0.61–1.91)
0.83 (0.41–1.65)
36–49
33 (55.0%)
27 (45.0%)
3.37 (1.79–6.36)
2.64 (1.05–6.60)
Marital status
Married
110 (78.6%)
30 (21.4%)
1.00
Single
123 (78.3%)
34 (21.7%)
1.01 (0.58–1.76)
Divorced and widowed
34 (63.0%)
20 (37.0%)
2.16 (1.12–4.16)
Educational status
No formal education
50 (57.5%)
37 (42.5%)
3.35 (1.93–5.81)
2.28 (1.06–4.92)
Elementary school
50 (80.6%)
12 (19.4%)
1.09 (0.53–2.24)
0.82 (0.34–1.95)
Secondary school and above
172 (81.9%)
38 (18.1%)
1.00
1.00
Occupation
Employee
25 (80.6%)
6 (19.4%)
1.50 (0.844–2.648)
Housewife
86 (70.5%)
36 (29.5%)
1.00
Student
100 (78.1%)
28 (21.9%)
0.86 (0.320–2.294)
Merchant
23 (74.2%)
8 (25.8%)
1.24 (0.501–3.077)
Others
38 (80.9%)
9 (19.1%)
0.85 (0.366–1.957)
BMI
<18.5
48 (80.0%)
12 (20.0%)
0.71 (0.36–1.41)
0.92 (0.45–1.92)
18.5–24.9
201 (73.9%)
71 (26.1%)
1.00
1.00
≥25
23 (85.2%)
4 (14.8%)
0.50 (0.17–1.47)
0.27 (0.08–0.87)
Presence of intestinal parasites
Yes
158 (78.2%)
44 (21.8%)
1.354 (0.834–2.199)
No
114 (72.6%)
43 (27.4%)
1.00
HHFS
Secured food
236 (79.2%)
62 (20.8%)
1.00
1.00
Insecure food
36 (59.0%)
25 (41.0%)
2.64 (1.48–4.73)
1.92 (1.01–3.65)
Bleeding history
Yes
16 (61.5%)
10 (38.5%)
2.08 (0.91–4.77)
No
256 (76.9%)
77 (23.1%)
1.00
AOR = adjusted odds ratio, BMI = body mass index, CI = confidence interval, COR = crude odds ratio, and HHFS = household food security. Others = daily laborers and job seekers.
