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

Table 2

Hemoglobin levels and occupation of the head of household.

	Non-Skilled labor (n=31)	Skilled Labor (n=36)	Professional (n=23)
^1Low Hb	9 (29%)	8 (22%)	7 (30%)
^1Borderline Hb	18 (58%)	23 (64%)	11 (48%)
^1Normal Hb	4 (13%)	5 (14%)	5 (22%)

¹Hb represents hemoglobin in mg/dl given as n (percentage of cohort); hemoglobin levels: low (<10 mg/dl), normal (>12 mg/dl), borderline (10-11.9 mg/dl).
²P value for above association is P=0.7524.