Microcytic and Malarial Anaemia Prevalence in Urban Children ≤15 Years in the Mount Cameroon Area: A Cross-Sectional Study on Risk Factors

Table 4

Prevalence of anaemia, microcytic anaemia, and malarial anaemia with respect to nutritional status and dietary habits.

Parameter	Status	N	Prevalence [% (n)] of
			Anaemia	value	Microcytic anaemia	value	Malarial anaemia	value
Stunting	No	494	66.6 (329)		35.0 (173)		18.8 (93)
	Yes	59	83.1 (49)	0.010	47.5 (28)	0.060	23.7 (14)	0.368
Underweight	No	405	67.9(275)		40.7 (165)		22.7 (92)
	Yes	19	89.5 (17)	0.047	47.4 (9)	0.566	21.1 (4)	0.866
Wasting	No	249	67.5(168)		43.7 (107)		21.7 (54)
	Yes	23	60.9 (14)	0.520	21.7 (5)	0.048	13.0 (3)	0.330
Hand washing before meal	Yes	352	68.8 (242)		28.4 (100)		13.6(48)
	No/seldom	55	80.0 (44)	0.090	40.0 (22)	0.081	18.2 (10)	0.370
Daily meal	1	41	80.5 (33)		39.0 (16)		19.5 (8)
	2	146	70.5 (103)		30.8 (45)		13.7 (20)
	3	220	68.2 (150)	0.285	27.7 (61)	0.336	13.6 (30)	0.597
Weekly fruits consumption	1-2	173	74.6 (129)		28.9 (50)		15.6 (27)
	3-4	57	57.9 (33)		31.6 (18)		14.0 (8)
	>4	177	70.1 (124)	0.058	30.5 (54)	0.910	13.0 (23)	0.782
Weekly meat consumption	1-2	178	69.7 (124)		29.2 (52)		15.2 (27)
	3-4	59	83.1 (49)		37.3 (22)		20.3 (12)
	>4	170	66.5 (113)	0.054	28.2 (48)	0.407	11.2 (19)	0.199
Weekly plantain consumption	1-2	210	65.7 (138)		28.6 (60)		16.2 (34)
	3-4	68	85.3 (58)		25.0 (17)		20.6 (14)
	>4	129	69.8 (90)	0.009	34.9 (45)	0.289	7.8 (10)	0.025

values in bold are statistically significant.