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Table 3 Parameter estimates from multivariate logistic regression model predicting the likelihood that a pregnant woman is anaemic, Gilgel Gibe dam area, southwestern Ethiopia, 2011

From: Anaemia and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Gilgel Gibe dam area, Southwest Ethiopia

Variable

n

No (%) p anaemic

AOR

95% CI

p-value

Place of residence

     

Rural

196

87 (45.3)

1.63

1.02-2.62

0.042*

Urban

192

122 (62.2)

   

Use of human faeces as fertilizer

     

Yes

32

25 (78.1)

1.58

0.54-4.65

0.40

No

356

184 (51.7)

   

Use of ITN to prevent mosquito bite

     

No

40

28 (70.0)

2.84

1.33-6.05

0.007*

Yes

348

181 (52.0)

1

  

Habit of walking bare foot

     

Always

26

19 (73.1)

1.92

0.63-5.89

0.41

Some times

247

139 (56.3)

1.29

0.76-2.16

 

Not at all

115

51 (44.3)

1

  

Malaria

     

Positive

45

42 (93.3)

11.19

3.31-37.7

0.01*

Negative

343

167 (48.7)

1

  

STH infection

     

Positive

159

105 (66.0)

1.82

1.16-2.87

0.001*

No parasite

229

104 (45.5)

1

  
  1. * significant at p < 0.05, AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, C.I = Confidence Interval.