Patterns of Dietary Iron Intake, Iron Status, and Predictors of Haemoglobin Levels among Early Adolescents in a Rural Ghanaian District

Table 5

Binary logistic regression for predictors of anaemia.

Predictors	β	Anaemia OR (95% CI)	value
SociodemographicsGender
Male	−0.492	0.6 (0.3–1.3)	0.193
Female		1
Level of education
JHS	0.544	1.7 (0.7–4.0)	0.213
Primary		1
Guardian educational status
Formal	−0.944	0.4 (0.1–1.1)	0.075
Nonformal education		1
Dietary factors
Meal skipping
Yes	0.367	1.4 (0.7–3.0)	0.328
No	1
Breakfast
Yes	−0.090	0.9 (0.3–2.6)	0.864
No	1
Snacking
Yes	0.484	1.6 (0.7–3.6)	0.234
No	1
Dietary iron intake
Adequate	−0.011	1.0 (0.5–2.1)	0.977
Inadequate	1
Dietary vitamin C intake
Adequate	−0.080	0.9 (0.2–5.0)	0.926
Inadequate	1

; 95% CI: confidence interval; OR: odd ratio.