Background
Methods
Results
SN
|
Population profile
|
Frequency
|
Percentage
| |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Age | 16–25 | 1279 | 77.5 |
26–35 | 316 | 19.1 | ||
36–45 | 56 | 3.4 | ||
2. | Residence | Urban | 865 | 52.4 |
Rural | 786 | 47.6 | ||
3. | Religion | Orthodox | 1596 | 96.7 |
Muslim | 45 | 2.7 | ||
Protestant | 10 | 0.6 | ||
4. | Ethnicity | Amhara | 1488 | 90.1 |
Agaw | 110 | 6.7 | ||
Oromo | 13 | 0.8 | ||
Tigray | 23 | 14 | ||
Others | 17 | 1 | ||
5. | Educational status | Illiterate | 40 | 2.4 |
Elementary | 408 | 24.7 | ||
Secondary | 318 | 19.3 | ||
Certificate | 399 | 24.2 | ||
Diploma | 242 | 14.7 | ||
First degree | 227 | 13.7 | ||
Second degree | 17 | 1 | ||
6. | Occupation | Housewife | 814 | 49.3 |
Government employee | 306 | 16.5 | ||
Merchants | 161 | 9.8 | ||
Farmers | 156 | 9.4 | ||
NGO employee | 157 | 9.5 | ||
Others | 57 | 3.5 |
Anemia in pregnant women
Variables
|
Anemia
|
COR[95% CI]
|
AOR[95% CI]
|
p-value
| ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes
|
No
| |||||
Residence
| Urban | 32 | 261 | 0.08 [0.05–0.13] | 0.14 [0.08–0.25] | <0.01 |
Rural | 155 | 102 | ||||
History of malaria
| Yes | 83 | 63 | 3.8 [2.51–5.76] | 2.84[1.65–4.92] | <0.01 |
No | 104 | 300 | ||||
History of abortion
| Yes | 27 | 9 | 6.64 [2.9–15.59] | 4.44 [1.58–12.05] | 0.01 |
No | 160 | 354 | ||||
Hookworm infection
| Present | 78 | 20 | 12.27 [6.97–21.78] | 5.97 [3.03–11.76] | <0.01 |
Absent | 109 | 343 | ||||
Iron supplementation during pregnancy
| Supplied | 141 | 343 | 0.18 [0.1–0.32] | 0.12 [0.06–0.25] | <0.01 |
Not supplied | 46 | 20 | ||||
Tea consumption
| Yes | 110 | 68 | 6.2 [4.11–9.37] | 2.88 [1.54–5.38] | <0.01 |
No | 77 | 295 | ||||
Occupation
| Government employ | 22 | 96 | 0.37 [0.22–0.63] | 0.35 [0.18–0.69] | <0.01 |
Others | 165 | 267 |
Variables
|
B coefficient [95% CI]
|
t
|
p-value
|
---|---|---|---|
MUAC | 0.37 [0.32, 0.41] | 15.55 | <0.01 |
Gravidity | −0.35[−0.42,-0.29] | −10.91 | <0.01 |
Age of pregnant mother | 0.03 [0.02,0.03] | 6.69 | <0.01 |
Gestational age | −0.02[−0.03,-0.01] | −3.73 | <0.01 |
Anemia in lactating women
Variables
|
Anemia
|
COR[95% CI]
|
AOR[95% CI]
|
p-value
| ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes
|
No
| |||||
Residence
| Urban | 228 | 344 | 0.53 [0.41–0.67] | 4.03 [2.3–7.03] | <0.01 |
Rural | 295 | 234 | ||||
History of malaria
| Yes | 274 | 122 | 4.11 [3.13–5.40] | 4.73 [3.02–7.41] | <0.01 |
No | 249 | 456 | ||||
History of abortion
| Yes | 50 | 9 | 4.62 [2.16–10.18] | 7.44 [2.3–24.09] | <0.01 |
No | 569 | 473 | ||||
Iron supplementation during pregnancy
| Supplied | 45 | 494 | 0.02 [0.01–0.02] | 0.007 [0.004–0.013] | <0.01 |
Not supplied | 478 | 84 | ||||
Tea consumption
| Yes | 184 | 108 | 2.37 [1.78–3.15] | 2.32 [1.48–3.64] | <0.01 |
No | 338 | 470 |
Variables
|
B coefficient [95% CI]
|
t
|
P-value
|
---|---|---|---|
MUAC
| 0.25 [0.21, 0.29] | 11.08 | <0.01 |
Parity
| −0.14 [−0.21, −0.06] | −3.64 | <0.01 |
Age of lactating mother
| −0.03[−0.05, −0.01] | −3.43 | <0.01 |
Frequency of breast feeding
| −0.28 [−0.33, −0.24] | −12.96 | <0.01 |
Anemia in pregnant and lactating women
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) | Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Normocromic | Hypocromic | Hypercromic | ||
Normocytic | 41 | 2 | 3 | 46 |
Microcytic | 13 | 592 | 12 | 617 |
Macrocytic | 6 | 4 | 32 | 42 |
Total | 60 | 598 | 47 | 705 |
Variables
|
Anemia
|
COR[95%CI]
|
AOR[95%CI]
|
P-value
| ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes
|
No
| |||||
Residence
| Urban | 260 | 605 | 0.32 [0.26–0.40] | 0.68 [0.5–0.94] | 0.02 |
Rural | 450 | 336 | ||||
History of malaria
| Yes | 357 | 185 | 4.13 [3.3–5.17] | 3.61 [2.63–4.95] | <0.01 |
No | 353 | 756 | ||||
History of abortion
| Yes | 77 | 18 | 6.24 [3.61–10.91] | 6.63 [3.23–13.6] | <0.01 |
No | 633 | 923 | ||||
Hookworm infection
| Present | 228 | 119 | 3.27 [2.53–4.22] | 3.37 (2.33–4.88) | <0.01 |
Absent | 482 | 822 | ||||
Iron supplementation during pregnancy
| Supplied | 186 | 837 | 0.04 [0.03–0.06] | 0.03 [0.02–0.04] | <0.01 |
Not supplied | 524 | 104 | ||||
Tea consumption
| Yes | 295 | 176 | 3.09 [2.46–3.88] | 3.63 [2.56–5.14] | <0.01 |
No | 415 | 765 | ||||
Pregnant/lactating
| Pregnant women | 187 | 363 | 0.57 [0.46–0.71] | 2.24 [1.57–3.12] | <0.01 |
Lactating women | 523 | 578 |
Variables
|
B coefficient [95% CI]
|
t
|
p-value
|
---|---|---|---|
MUAC | 0.36 [0.33, −0.4] | 21.66 | <0.01 |
Parity | −0.18 [−0.23, −0.14] | −7.69 | <0.01 |
Age of lactating/pregnant mother | −0.03[−0.04, −0.03] | −7.59 | <0.01 |