Magnitude of Anemia in Geriatric Population Visiting Outpatient Department at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Implication for Community-Based Screening
Table 4
Analysis of factors associated with anemia among study participants ().
Variables
Anemia
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Anemic (%)
Non-anemic (%)
Sex
Male
67 (60.9)
43 (39.1)
1.78 (1.01, 3.13)
1.53 (0.79, 2.96)
Female
42 (46.7)
48 (53.3)
1.00
Residence
Urban
56 (50.5)
45 (49.5)
1.00
Rural
53 (59.6)
36 (40.4)
1.45 (0.82, 2.54)
Age group (year)
60–64
33 (47.1)
37 (52.9)
1.00
65–69
35 (64.8)
19 (35.2)
2.10 (0.99, 4.30)
70–74
19 (50)
19 (50)
1.12 (0.51, 2.47)
>74
22 (57.9)
16 (42.1)
1.54 (0.70, 3.42)
Marital Status
Married
80 (51.9)
74 (48.1)
1.00
Single or divorced
10 (62.5)
6 (37.5)
1.54 (0.53, 4.45)
Widowed
19 (63.3)
11 (36.7)
1.60 (0.71, 3.58)
Educational status
Unable read and write
68 (55.7)
54 (44.3)
1.14 (0.64, 2.01)
Attended primary school or above
41 (52.6)
37 (47.4)
1.00
Occupation
Daily laborers, housewives and retired
28 (50)
28 (50)
0.76 (0.36, 1.58)
Farmers
48 (55.8)
38 (44.2)
0.9 (0.5, 1.87)
Employed (private and government)
33 (56.9)
25 (43.1)
1.00
Family size
1–3 members
26 (48.1)
28 (51.9)
1.00
4–6 members
64 (55.7)
51 (44.3)
1.35 (0.71, 2.58)
>6 members
19 (61.3)
12 (38.7)
1.71 (0.69, 4.2)
Meat consumption habit
Consumed at least once every two weeks and more
69 (49.6)
70 (50.4)
1.00
Vegetarians
40 (65.6)
21 (34.4)
1.93 (1.04, 3.61)
2.2 (1.03, 4.71)
Frequency of Fruit consumption
At least once a week and more
23 (52.3)
21 (47.7)
1.00
Less frequently
86 (55.1)
70 (44.9)
1.12 (0.57, 2.2)
Frequency of Vegetable consumption
At least once a week and more
61 (55)
50 (45)
1.00
Less frequently
48 (53.9)
41 (46.1)
0.96 (0.55, 1.68)
Coffee or tea consumption habit after meal
Yes
65 (52.4)
59 (47.6)
0.8 (0.45, 1.43)
No
44 (57.9)
32 (42.1)
1.00
Monthly income (ETB)
<1000
45 (53.6)
39 (46.4)
0.99 (0.41, 2.39)
100–1500
50 (55.6)
40 (44.4)
1.07 (0.45, 2.57)
>1500
14 (53.8)
12 (46.2)
1.00
ESR
Normal
12 (20.3)
47 (79.7)
1.00
Elevated
97 (68.8)
44 (31.2)
8.63 (4.17, 17.87)
9.04 (4.2, 19.7)
Nutritional status, BMI
Underweight
33 (63.5)
19 (36.5)
6.95 (1.74, 27.76)
4.02 (0.81, 19.93)
Normal
73 (54.9)
60 (45.1)
4.87 (1.31, 18.1)
3.61 (0.8, 16.25)
Overweight
3 (20%)
12 (32)
1.00
ETB: Ethiopian Birr; BMI: body mass index; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; and CI: confidence interval. of a variable with value less than 0.2 in bivariate binary logistic regression analysis, of a variables which were statistically significant in bivariate binary logistic regress but not in multivariable analysis. of a variables which were statistically significant in multivariable binary logistic regression analysis ( value < 0.05).