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Table 3 Clinical factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

From: Prevalence of zinc deficiency and its association with dietary, serum albumin and intestinal parasitic infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care at the University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Characteristics

Frequency (n)

Percent (%)

MUAC

≤21

83

22.8

 

>21

281

77.2

Diarrhea

Yes

24

6.6

No

340

93.4

HIV

Yes

13

3.6

No

351

96.4

Iron supplement

Yes

79

21.7

No

285

78.3

Anemia(Hgn, g/dl)

Yes

119

32.7

No

245

67.3

Serum albumin, g/dl

<3.2

88

24.2

≥3.2

276

75.8

Intestinal Parasite

Present

105

28.8

Absent

259

71.2