Table 2 Clinical variables in association with anemia among the pregnant women, Bisidimo Hospital, 2013
From: Anemia among pregnant women in Southeast Ethiopia: prevalence, severity and associated risk factors
Variables | Anemia diagnosis | COR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Anemic | Not anemic | Total | Â | Â |
| Â | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | Â | Â |
History of miscarriage | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 9 (24.3) | 28 (75.7) | 37 (14.3) | 0.8 (0.4-1.8) | 0.600 |
 No | 63 (28.5) | 158 (71.5) | 221 (85.7) | 1 |  |
History of heavy cycle | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 ≤5 days | 45 (25.0) | 135 (75.0) | 180 (69.8) | 1 |  |
 >5days | 27 (34.6) | 51 (65.4) | 78 (30.2) | 1.6 (0.9-2.8) | 0.115 |
Trimester | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 First | 14 (30.4) | 32 (69.6) | 46 (17.8) | 1 |  |
 Second | 29(21.6) | 105 (78.4) | 134 (51.9) | 0.6 (0.3-1.3) | 0.230 |
 Third | 29 (37.2) | 49 (62.8) | 78 (30.2) | 1.4 (0.6-2.9) | 0.447 |
Parity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 0 | 10 (19.6) | 41 (80.4) | 51 (19.8) | 1 |  |
 1-4 | 55 (30.4) | 126 (69.6) | 181 (70.2) | 1.8 (0.8-3.8) | 0.134 |
 >5 | 7 (26.9) | 19 (73.1) | 26 (10.1) | 1.5 (0.5-4.6) | 0.466 |
Birth interval (n = 211) |  |  |  |  |  |
 ≤2 years | 56 (30.1) | (69.9) | 186 (88.2) | 1.4 (0.5-3.6) | 0.530 |
 >2 years | 6 (24.0) | 19 (76.0) | 25 (11.8) | 1 |  |
Red meat/poultry/fish consumption | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 22 (31.4) | 48 (68.6) | 70 (27.1) | 1 |  |
 No | 50 (26.6) | 138 (73.4) | 188 (72.9) | 1.3 (0.7-2.3) | 0.442 |
Fruit/vegetable consumption | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 22 (26.2) | 62 (73.8) | 84 (32.6) | 1 |  |
 No | 50 (28.7) | 124 (71.3) | 174 (67.4) | 0.9 (0.5-1.6) | 0.880 |
Intestinal parasite detected | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 40 (41.7) | 56 (58.3) | 96 (37.2) | 1.9 (1.1-3.4)* | 0.019 |
 No | 40 (24.7) | 122 (75.3) | 162 (62.8) | 1 |  |
Malaria infection | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 9 (3.5) | 0.3 (0.4-2.6) | 0.278 |
 No | 77 (30.9) | 172 (69.1) | 249 (96.5) | 1 |  |