Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Newly Diagnosed Patients with Solid Malignancy at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Radiotherapy Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 4

Relationships between severity of anemia and factors among newly diagnosed solid cancer patients at TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from April to May 2014 ().

Factors	Severity of anemia				X ^2	-value
	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4
Sex
Male	14 (56.0%)	7 (8.0%)	2 (8.0%)	2 (8.0%)
Female	30 (41.7%)	30 (41.7%)	9 (12.5%)	3 (4.2%)	2.609	0.498
Age (years)
18–64	37 (46.2%)	29 (36.2%)	10 (12.5%)	4 (5.0%)
≥65	7 (41.2%)	8 (47.1%)	1 (5.9%)	1 (5.9%)	1.072	0.829
Bleeding history
NO	31 (59.6%)	14 (26.9%)	5 (9.6%)	2 (3.8%)
YES	13 (28.9%)	23 (51.1%)	6 (13.3%)	3 (6.7%)	9.387	0.024