Table 2 Demographic characteristics and predictors of anaemia among pregnant women
Variables | Anaemia status | r (95% CI) | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absent (%) | Mild (%) | Moderate (%) | Severe (%) | Total | |||
Age range (years) | |||||||
20–29 | 25 (43.1) | 10 (17.2) | 21 (36.2) | 2 (3.4) | 58 | 0.231 (0.12–0.28) | 0.166 |
30–39 | 19 (51.4) | 4 (10.8) | 9 (24.3) | 5 (13.5) | 37 | ||
Trimester | |||||||
First | 17 (45.9) | 7 (18.9) | 11 (29.7) | 2 (5.4) | 37 | 0.184 (0.71–0.87) | 0.789 |
Second | 14 (40.0) | 5 (14.3) | 12 (34.3) | 4 (11.4) | 35 | ||
Third | 13 (56.5) | 2 (8.7) | 7 (30.4) | 1 (4.3) | 23 | ||
MCV (fL/cell) | |||||||
80 | 35 (46.1) | 11 (14.5) | 26 (34.2) | 4 (5.3) | 76 | 0.182 (0.25–0.44) | 0.370 |
80 | 9 (47.4) | 3 (15.8) | 4 (21.1) | 3 (15.8) | 19 | ||
PCV (%) | |||||||
30 | 44 (73.3) | 12 (20.0) | 4 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 60 | 0.875 (0.00–0.03) | 0.000 |
30 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (5.7) | 26 (74.3) | 7 (20.0) | 35 | ||
RBC (million/mm3) | |||||||
3.2 | 42 (70.0) | 9 (15.0) | 7 (11.7) | 2 (3.3) | 60 | 0.679 (0.00–0.03) | 0.000 |
3.2 | 2 (5.7) | 5 (14.3) | 23 (65.7) | 5 (14.3) | 35 | ||