Table 2 Sociodemographic, comorbidities and biochemical characteristics by anemiaa
Variable | Non-anemic n (%) | Anemica n (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | 0.5618 | ||
Female | 374 (69.39) | 165 (30.61) | |
Male | 368 (71.88) | 144 (28.13) | |
Age (months) | < 0.0001 | ||
6–11 | 45 (46.39) | 52 (53.61) | |
12–23 | 136 (61.54) | 85 (38.46) | |
24–35 | 185 (71.98) | 72 (28.02) | |
36–47 | 202 (76.52) | 62 (23.48) | |
48–59 | 174 (82.08) | 38 (17.92) | |
Fever in last 2 weeks | < 0.0001 | ||
Yes | 320 (63.37) | 185 (36.63) | |
No | 422 (77.29) | 124 (22.71) | |
Malaria test result† | < 0.0001 | ||
Positive | 127 (45.68) | 151 (54.32) | |
Negative | 615 (79.56) | 158 (20.44) | |
Clinical malariab | < 0.0001 | ||
Yes | 123 (45.39) | 148 (54.61) | |
No | 619 (79.36) | 161 (20.64) | |
Alpha1-Acid Glycoprotein | < 0.0001 | ||
Normal | 366 (82.62) | 77 (17.38) | |
Abnormal | 376 (61.84) | 232 (38.16) | |
Serum ferritinc | < 0.0001 | ||
Normal | 613 (73.41) | 222 (26.59) | |
Abnormal | 129 (59.72) | 87 (40.28) | |
G6PD | 3.0684 | ||
Unaffected | 514 (71.09) | 209 (28.91) | |
Affected | 82 (68.91) | 37 (31.09) | |
Carrier | 116 (71.60) | 46 (28.40) | |
Alpha-thalassemia | < 0.0001 | ||
Unaffected | 445 (73.07) | 164 (26.93) | |
Affected | 39 (48.75) | 41 (51.25) | |
Carrier | 223 (71.94) | 87 (28.06) | |
Household hunger scale | 0.3706 | ||
Little to none | 349 (71.96) | 136 (28.04) | |
Moderate to severe | 393 (69.43) | 173 (30.57) | |
Type of place of residence | 0.1684 | ||
Urban | 89 (76.07) | 28 (23.93) | |
Rural | 653 (69.91) | 281 (30.09) | |
Region of residence | 0.6143 | ||
North | 257 (69.09) | 115 (30.91) | |
Central | 277 (72.32) | 106 (27.68) | |
Southern | 208 (70.27) | 88 (29.73) | |