Prevalence of Anaemia among the Elderly in Malaysia and Its Associated Factors: Does Ethnicity Matter?

Table 2

Prevalence of anaemia by socio-demo characteristics among elderly ().

	Anaemia
Variables	Yes				No
		%	95% CI			%	95% CI		value
			lower	upper			lower	upper
Malaysia	1311	35.27	33.15	37.45	2245	64.73	62.55	66.85
Age
Mean, (SD)	69.98 (7.89)	-	-	-	67.86 (6.70)	-	-	-	<0.001
Ethnicity
Malays	852	36.92	34.03	39.91	1453	63.08	60.09	65.97	0.035
Chinese	238	31.10	27.37	35.10	483	68.90	64.90	72.63
Indians	101	42.07	33.91	50.69	121	57.93	49.31	66.09
Others	120	36.34	30.17	42.99	188	63.66	57.01	69.83
Gender
Male	581	32.85	30.06	35.77	1071	67.15	64.23	69.94	0.025
Female	730	37.57	34.54	40.70	1174	62.43	59.30	65.46
Level of Education
No Formal Education	315	40.21	35.86	44.72	436	59.79	55.28	64.14	0.010
Primary	688	35.75	32.77	38.85	1159	64.25	61.15	67.23
Secondary and higher	306	31.13	27.37	35.16	649	68.87	64.84	72.63
Marital Status
Married	832	33.36	30.91	35.92	1575	66.64	64.08	69.09	0.010
Currently Not Married	479	39.38	35.48	43.43	670	60.62	56.57	64.52
HH Income Group
Q1 (RM0–RM300)	446	34.69	31.23	38.32	696	65.31	61.68	68.77	0.715
Q2 (RM301–RM1100)	296	35.13	30.77	39.75	534	64.87	60.25	69.23
Q3 (RM1101–RM2009)	236	17.43	14.19	21.22	398	63.09	56.99	68.80
Q4 (RM2010–RM4000)	163	13.75	11.20	16.78	313	67.57	61.82	72.84
Q5 (RM4001–RM205690)	170	37.44	32.21	42.98	304	15.95	13.66	18.54
Strata
Urban	620	35.26	32.56	38.07	1080	64.74	61.93	67.44	0.996
Rural	691	35.28	32.29	38.38	1165	64.72	61.62	67.71
Hospitalization
Yes	188	16.96	13.61	20.94	189	8.23	6.67	10.12	<0.001
No	1122	32.96	30.86	35.13	2056	67.04	64.87	69.14
Out Patient Attendance
Yes	188	37.30	31.91	43.02	292	62.70	56.98	68.09	0.437
No	1122	34.88	32.55	37.28	1953	65.12	62.72	67.45
Diabetes Mellitus
Yes	569	38.64	35.21	42.20	835	61.36	57.80	64.79	0.011
No	742	33.09	30.49	35.79	1410	66.91	64.21	69.51