Risk of anaemia among women engaged in biomass-based fish smoking as their primary livelihood in the central region of Ghana: a comparative cross-sectional study

Table 5 Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for having anaemia among women in the study

Variable (referent)	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Variable (referent)	Relative Risk (95% Cl)^b	^aP-value	Relative Risk (95% Cl)^b	^aP-value
Livelihood type
FSL (OL)^c	1.2 (0.8, 1.7)	0.331	1.8 (1.1, 3.0)	0.032
Age
< 35 years (≥35 years)			1.3 (0.9, 2.0)	0.17
Marital status
Married (Single)			0.9 (0.6, 1.3)	0.55
Ever been pregnant
Yes (No)			0.8 (0.4, 1.3)	0.33
Dewormed in past 3mos
No (Yes)			0.8 (0.6, 1.2)	0.30
Fever in past 2 weeks
Yes (No)			1.2 (0.8, 1.7)	0.47
Household with toilet facility
No (Yes)			0.7 (0.5, 1.1)	0.09
Cooking fuel
Biomass fuel (other fuel)			1.2 (0.8, 2.0)	0.38
number of days spent smoking fish
More days (Fewer days)			0.7 (0.5, 1.2)	0.20
ASF diversity
Low (High)			1.4 (1.0, 2.1)	0.08
% of iron from ASF
Low (High)			1.2 (0.9, 1.7)	0.22

^a P-value is based on logistic regression: Dependent variable = Anaemia (Present/Not Present)
^b 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval ^cFish smoking Livelihood (Other Livelihoods)

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