Research Article
Iron Deficiency Anemia among In-School Adolescent Girls in Rural Area of Bahir Dar City Administration, North West Ethiopia
Table 4
Anemia, health, and nutritional status of school adolescent girls at rural towns of Bahir Dar city administration, 2017 (n=423).
| Variables
| Frequency | Percentage |
| Status of menarche | | | Not attained | 141 | 33.3 | Attained | 282 | 67.7 | Duration of blood flow per each menses | | | <5days | 158 | 56 | ≥5days | 124 | 44 | History malaria infection | | | No | 388 | 91.7 | Yes | 35 | 8.3 | History of intestinal parasite infection | | | No | 342 | 80.9 | Yes | 81 | 9.1 | BMI for age (<-2 SD) | | | Thin | 187 | 44.2 | Normal | 232 | 54.8 | Over weight | 4 | 1 | Prevalence of anemia | | | Yes | 47 | 11.1 | No | 376 | 88.9 | Degree of anemia among anemic cases | | | Mild anemia | 46 | 97.8 | Moderate anemia | 1 | 2.2 |
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