Research Article

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 ().

VariablesAnemia COR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)
Anemic (%)Non-anemic (%)

Sex
Male67 (60.9)43 (39.1)1.78 (1.01, 3.13)1.53 (0.79, 2.96)
Female42 (46.7)48 (53.3)1.00
Residence
Urban56 (50.5)45 (49.5)1.00
Rural53 (59.6)36 (40.4)1.45 (0.82, 2.54)
Age group (year)
60–6433 (47.1)37 (52.9)1.00
65–6935 (64.8)19 (35.2)2.10 (0.99, 4.30)
70–7419 (50)19 (50)1.12 (0.51, 2.47)
>7422 (57.9)16 (42.1)1.54 (0.70, 3.42)
Marital Status
Married80 (51.9)74 (48.1)1.00
Single or divorced10 (62.5)6 (37.5)1.54 (0.53, 4.45)
Widowed19 (63.3)11 (36.7)1.60 (0.71, 3.58)
Educational status
Unable read and write68 (55.7)54 (44.3)1.14 (0.64, 2.01)
Attended primary school or above41 (52.6)37 (47.4)1.00
Occupation
Daily laborers, housewives and retired28 (50)28 (50)0.76 (0.36, 1.58)
Farmers48 (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 members26 (48.1)28 (51.9)1.00
4–6 members64 (55.7)51 (44.3)1.35 (0.71, 2.58)
>6 members19 (61.3)12 (38.7)1.71 (0.69, 4.2)
Meat consumption habit
Consumed at least once every two weeks and more69 (49.6)70 (50.4)1.00
Vegetarians40 (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 more23 (52.3)21 (47.7)1.00
Less frequently86 (55.1)70 (44.9)1.12 (0.57, 2.2)
Frequency of Vegetable consumption
At least once a week and more61 (55)50 (45)1.00
Less frequently48 (53.9)41 (46.1)0.96 (0.55, 1.68)
Coffee or tea consumption habit after meal
Yes65 (52.4)59 (47.6)0.8 (0.45, 1.43)
No44 (57.9)32 (42.1)1.00
Monthly income (ETB)
<100045 (53.6)39 (46.4)0.99 (0.41, 2.39)
100–150050 (55.6)40 (44.4)1.07 (0.45, 2.57)
>150014 (53.8)12 (46.2)1.00
ESR
Normal12 (20.3)47 (79.7)1.00
Elevated97 (68.8)44 (31.2)8.63 (4.17, 17.87)9.04 (4.2, 19.7)
Nutritional status, BMI
Underweight33 (63.5)19 (36.5)6.95 (1.74, 27.76)4.02 (0.81, 19.93)
Normal73 (54.9)60 (45.1)4.87 (1.31, 18.1)3.61 (0.8, 16.25)
Overweight3 (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).