Risk Factors of Anaemia among Children under Five Years in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana: A Case Control Study

Table 3

A conditional logistic regression showing association between anaemia and biologic, intermediate, and underlying factors.

	Cases [N=70]; n (%)	Controls [N=140]; n (%)	COR (95%CI ) p-value	AOR (95%CI ) p-value
Maternal age (in years)
40 and above	5 (7.1)	17 (12.1)	Ref.	Ref.
30 -39	35 (50.0)	49 (35.0)	2.24 (0.78,6.44) 0.132	2.55 (0.66,9.88) 0.175
20 – 29	26 (37.1)	70 (50.0)	1.10 (0.37,3.31) 0.863	0.76 (0.18,3.16) 0.707
< 20	4 (5.7)	4 (2.9)	3.40 (0.63,18.27) 0.155	4.69 (0.46,47.58) 0.191
Occupation
Unemployed	13 (18.6)	23 (16.4)	Ref.	Ref.
Civil servant	4 (5.7)	6 (4.3)	1.18 (0.28,4.97) 0.819	0.60 (0.10,3.74) 0.588
Farmer	13 (18.6)	39 (27.9)	0.65 (0.27,1.53) 0.324	0.17 (0.05,0.60) 0.006
Trader	26 (37.1)	35 (25.0)	1.05 (0.48,2.32) 0.903	0.21 (0.06,0.74) 0.014
Child iron supplementation
No	58 (82.9)	102 (72.9)	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	12 (17.1)	38 (27.1)	0.52 (0.24,1.13)0.099	0.47 (0.18,1.24) 0.126
Dietary diversity score
Good	33 (47.1)	106 (75.7)	Ref.	Ref.
Poor	37 (52.9)	34 (24.3)	3.89 (1.97,7.68)<0,001	9.15 (3.13,26.82) <0.001
Iron supplementation during pregnancy
No	3 (4.3)	16 (11.4)	Ref.	Ref.
Yes	67 (95.7)	124 (88.6)	2.93 (0.82,10.51) 0.100	7.64 (1.41,41.20) 0.018

Note. signifies that p-value is significant at 0.05.