Table 4 Determinants of anemia in the...

Table 4

Determinants of anemia in the children

Variable	Mild anemia				No anemia (normal hb level)^**
Variable	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Type of community
Rural (hamlet)	2.022	7.554	2.228–25.614	0.001*	2.071	7.932	2.712–23.198	0.001^*
Peri-urban (main town)	Reference
Duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months)
<6	0.928	2.530	0.295–21.726	0.397	2.076	7.975	1.572–40.445	0.012*
6	1.116	3.054	0.775–12.04	0.111	1.098	2.998	0.906–9.917	0.072
>6	Reference
^‡Child's morbidity in the past two weeks
Yes	−4.503	0.011	0.002–0.054	0.001*	−4.281	0.014	0.003–0.06	0.001*
No	Reference

Variable	Mild anemia				No anemia (normal hb level)^**
Variable	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value	Coef	AOR	95% CI	p-value
Type of community
Rural (hamlet)	2.022	7.554	2.228–25.614	0.001*	2.071	7.932	2.712–23.198	0.001^*
Peri-urban (main town)	Reference
Duration of exclusive breastfeeding (months)
<6	0.928	2.530	0.295–21.726	0.397	2.076	7.975	1.572–40.445	0.012*
6	1.116	3.054	0.775–12.04	0.111	1.098	2.998	0.906–9.917	0.072
>6	Reference
^‡Child's morbidity in the past two weeks
Yes	−4.503	0.011	0.002–0.054	0.001*	−4.281	0.014	0.003–0.06	0.001*
No	Reference

Note(s): **Hb- Hemoglobin. The reference category is: Moderate anemia (Hb:7–9.9 g/dl). Final model = 0.000, Goodness-of-fit = 0.590, pseudo R-square = 0.534, CI = confidence interval, AOR = Adjusted odds ratio, Coef = coefficient. ^‡Morbidity in the past two weeks including malaria episodes. *p-values are significant at p < 0.05

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