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

Table 3

Multivariate analysis for factors associated with anaemia in Malaysian older adults in relation to ethnicity.

	Wald Test	df	Adjusted OR	95% CI		value
				Lower	Upper
Model 1
Ethnicity	13.06	3				0.005
Chinese	-	-	1.00	-	-	-
Malay	5.76	1	1.25	1.04	1.49	0.016
Indians	11.53	1	1.72	1.26	2.34	0.001
Others	4.03	1	1.33	1.01	1.76	0.045
Age	70.98	1	1.04	1.03	1.05	<0.001
Model 2
Ethnicity	11.31	3				0.010
Chinese	-	-	1.00	-	-	-
Malay	4.71	1	1.22	1.02	1.46	0.030
Indians	10.00	1	1.66	1.21	2.27	0.002
Others	3.60	1	1.32	0.99	1.75	0.058
Age	80.82	1	1.05	1.04	1.06	<0.001
Hospitalization
Yes	20.91	1	1.67	1.34	2.08	<0.001
No	-	-	1.00	-	-	-
Diabetes Mellitus
Yes	10.29	1	1.26	1.10	1.46	0.001
No	-	-	1.00	-	-	-

Adjusted for ethnicity, age, sex, strata, household income quintile, education and marital status; Adjusted for ethnicity, age, diabetes, hospitalization, outpatient attendance; ; ; .