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

Table 3

Hemoglobin levels and diet choices.

	^2Hb low	^2Hb; borderline	^2Hb high	P-value
^1SES Score	19.0; (3.6)	17.8 (4.1)	19.3; (2.5)	0.250
Number of Farm animals	0.6 (0.9)	0.3 (0.6)	0.2 (0.4)	0.211
Number of Family Meals/Day	2.9 (0.3)	2.9 (0.3)	2.9 (0.5)	0.742
Number of Child Meals/Day	2.9 (0.3)	2.7 (0.5)	3.0 (0)	0.069
Diet Diversity Score	5.8 (1.9)	5.2 (2.1)	6.1 (2.5)	0.3933
Age at which breast feeding was stopped	11.8; (2.2)	10.5 (2.8)	9.4 (3.9)	0.0445

¹SES represented socioeconomic score.
²Hb: 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).