Prevalence of Anemia and Associated Factors among Newly Diagnosed Patients with Solid Malignancy at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Radiotherapy Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 5
Relationships between prevalence of anemia and factors among newly diagnosed solid cancer patients at TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from April to May 2014 ().
Variables
Anemia
COR (95% C.I)
-value
AOR (95% C.I)
-value
Absent
Present
Gender
Male
119 (82.6%)
25 (17.4%)
1
1
Female
206 (74.1%)
72 (25.9%)
1.664 (1.001–2.765)
0.049
1.094 (0.504–2.374)
0.819
Age (years)
18–34
68 (87.2%)
10 (12.8%)
1
1
35–49
113 (73.9%)
40 (26.1%)
2.407 (1.131–5.124)
0.023
1.956 (0.845–4.526)
0.117
50–64
105 (77.8%)
30 (22.2%)
1.943 (0.892–4.230)
0.094
1.237 (0.516–2.961)
0.634
≥65
39 (69.6%)
17 (30.4%)
2.964 (1.236–7.108)
0.015
2.422 (0.925–6.342)
0.072
Bleeding
No
278 (86.1%)
45 (13.9%)
1
1
Yes
58 (58.6%)
41 (41.4%)
4.343 (2.649–7.121)
0.001
3.628 (1.800–7.314)
0.001
Tumor type
Gynecology
76 (62.3%)
46 (37.7%)
3.753 (1.752–8.038)
0.001
1.444 (0.480–4.346)
0.514
Breast
82 (85.4%)
14 (14.6%)
1.059 (0.441–2.542)
0.899
1.005 (0.355–2.850)
0.992
Colorectal
22 (73.3%)
8 (26.7%)
2.255 (0.790–6.438)
0.129
1.688 (0.544–5.231)
0.365
NPC
24 (74.9%)
8 (25.0%)
2.067 (0.729–5.860)
0.172
2.027 (0.661–6.218)
0.217
Sarcoma
24 (82.8%)
5 (17.2%)
1.292 (0.400–4.172)
0.669
1.470 (0.422–5.124)
0.545
Head and neck
16 (84.1%)
3 (15.9%)
1.162 (0.286–4.725)
0.833
0.849 (0.183–3.936)
0.835
Thyroid
12 (85.7%)
2 (14.3%)
1.033 (0.201–5.323)
0.969
1.234 (0.206–7.408)
0.818
Hepatoma
7 (87.5%)
1 (12.5%)
0.886 (0.098–7.987)
0.914
0.874 (0.086–8.842)
0.909
Others
62 (86.1%)
10 (13.9%)
1
1
Tumor stage
Stage I
47 (87.0%)
7 (13.0%)
1
1
Stage II
97 (75.2%)
32 (24.8%)
2.215 (0.911–5.388)
0.08
1.487 (0.564–3.920)
0.423
Stage III
123 (70.7%)
51 (29.3%)
2.784 (1.180–6.569)
0.019
1.503 (0.565–3.994)
0.414
Stage IV
58 (89.2%)
7 (10.8%)
0.810 (0.265–2.474)
0.712
0.827 (0.240–2.858)
0.764
ECOG PS
Grade 0
67 (19.9%)
11 (12.8%)
1
1
Grade 1
127 (37.8%)
27 (31.4%)
1.500 (0.726–3.099)
0.273
2.013 (0.918–4.415)
0.081
Grade 2
61 (18.2%)
26 (30.2%)
2.344 (1.088–5.050)
0.030
3.102 (1.345–7.152)
0.008
Grade 3
59 (17.6%)
20 (23.3%)
2.400 (1.100–5.235)
0.028
3.344 (1.410–7.927)
0.006
Grade 4
22 (6.5%)
2 (2.3%)
0.500 (0.104–2.410)
0.388
0.952 (0.168–5.384)
0.955
Constants are indicated by 1; whereas indicates statistical significant association.
