Longer Breastfeeding Associated with Childhood Anemia in Rural South-Eastern Nigeria

Table 1

Hemoglobin levels and clinical anemia.

^1Number of Subjects with Clinical Anemia per Hb level
^2Low Hb	20 (83%, n=24)
^2Borderline Hb	35 (69%, n =51)
^2Normal Hb	6 (43%, n=14)

¹Number of subjects with clinical anemia per Hb level given as n (percentage of cohort).
P value for above association is P=0.0457.
²Hb represents hemoglobin in mg/dl; hemoglobin levels: low (<10 mg/dl), normal (>12 mg/dl), borderline (10-11.9 mg/dl).