Proportion of Immediate Postpartum Anaemia and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers in Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Logistic regression showing factors associated with immediate postpartum anaemia among postnatal mothers in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 424).

Independent variables	Postpartum anaemia		COR 95% CI	AOR 95%CI
	Yes	No
Maternal education status
Unable to read and write	55	93	5.32 (2.48–11.44)	2.00 (0.81–4.88)
Able to read and write	14	35	3.60 (1.43–9.09)	2.05 (0.71–5.87)
Primary school class	10	45	2.00 (0.76–5.23)	1.66 (0.57–4.80)
Secondary school class	15	66	2.04 (0.85–4.98)	1.09 (0.40–2.99)
Diploma and above	9	81	1	1
Residence
Rural	59	129	2.00 (1.27–3.13)	0.63 (0.31–1.29)
Urban	44	192	1	1
Frequency of ANC visits
<4 times	46	102	3.10 (1.84–5.25)	2.40 (1.29–4.43)
≥4 times	29	198	1	1
Antepartum haemorrhage
Yes	17	10	6.15 (2.71–13.9)	5.08 (1.91–13.55)
No	86	311	1	1
GA at delivery
Preterm	31	58	1.96 (1.18–3.25)	1.41 (0.73–2.71)
Term	69	255	1	1
Place of birth
Health institution	92	311	1	1
Home	11	10	3.72 (1.61–9.00)	1.92 (0.60–6.19)
Mode of delivery
SVD	39	137	1	1
IAVD	13	12	3.81 (1.57–8.77)	3.99 (1.42–11.23)
Cesarean section	51	172	1.04 (0.65–1.67)	1.06 (0.59–1.88)
Postpartum haemorrhage
Yes	36	24	6.65 (3.72–11.89)	4.47 (2.25–8.88)
No	67	297	1	1
Adherence of IFA supplementation
Poor adherence	53	195	2.88 (1.31–6.33)	2.52 (1.06–6.04)
Good adherence	8	85	1	1
Frequency of meal per day
≤3	87	235	1.97 (1.09–3.54)	1.21 (0.59–2.48)
>3	16	85	1	1
Midupper arm circumference
<23 cm	71	124	3.53 (2.12–5.66)	3.25 (1.87–5.65)
≥23 cm	32	197	1	1

GA: gestational age; SVD: spontaneous vaginal delivery; IAVD: instrumental assisted vaginal delivery; IFA: iron and folic acid; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; COR: crude odds ratio; 1: reference and significantly associated with value <0.05.