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Table 2 Prevalence and severity of anaemia by socio-demographic and clinical factors

From: Anaemia, iron deficiency and inflammation prevalence in children in the Mount Cameroon area and the contribution of inflammatory cytokines on haemoglobin and ferritin concentrations: a cross sectional study

Parameter

Category

Number

Anaemia prevalence % (n)

P-value

Severity of anaemia

P-value

    

Mild

Moderate

Severe

 

All

 

520

67.5 (351)

 

49.0 (172)

45.0 (158)

6.0 (21)

 

Sex

Male

242

69.8 (169)

0.289

49.1 (83)

45.0 (76)

5.9 (10)

0.998

Female

278

65.5 (182)

 

48.9 (89)

45.1 (82)

6.0 (11)

 

Age group in years

1–5

293

66.6 (195)

 

53.3 (104)

39.5 (77)

7.2 (14)

0.011

6–11

154

66.2 (102)

0.443

50.0 (51)

44.1 (45)

5.9 (6)

12–15

73

74.0 (54)

 

31.5 (17)

66.7 (36)

1.9 (1)

Enrolment site

Community

178

81.5 (145)

< 0.001

42.8 (62)

53.8 (78)

3.4 (5)

0.012

Hospital

342

60.2 (206)

 

53.4 (110)

38.8 (80)

7.8 (16)

Education of parent

No formal/Primary

138

73.9 (102)

 

52.0 (53)

40.2 (41)

7.8 (8)

0.699

Secondary

223

69.5 (155)

0.018

48.4 (75)

47.1 (73)

4.5 (7)

Tertiary

159

59.1 (94)

 

46.8 (44)

46.8 (44)

6.4 (6)

Occupation

Farmer

141

62.4 (88)

 

47.7 (42)

48.9 (43)

3.4 (3)

0.022

Civil servant

35

57.1 (20)

 

25.0 (5)

55.0 (11)

20.0 (4)

Others

120

63.3 (76)

0.005

42.1 (32)

51.3 (39)

6.6 (5)

Fishing

115

81.7 (94)

 

51.1 (48)

41.5 (39)

7.4 (7)

Jobless

109

67.0 (73)

 

61.6 (45)

35.6 (26)

2.7 (2)

Family size

1–5

266

71.8 (191)

 

51.8 (99)

41.4 (79)

6.8 (13)

0.551

6–10

233

64.8 (151)

0.012

45.0 (68)

49.7 (75)

5.3 (8)

> 10

21

42.9 (9)

 

55.6 (5)

44.4 (4)

0.0 (0)

Fever

No

328

70.1 (230)

0.095

48.7 (112)

47.8 (110)

3.5 (8)

0.017

Yes

192

63.0 (121)

 

49.6 (60)

39.7 (48)

10.7 (13)

MP status

Negative

323

68.4 (221)

0.566

48.0 (106)

49.3 (109)

2.7 (6)

0.001

Positive

197

66.0 (130)

 

50.8 (66)

37.7 (49)

11.5 (15)

Inflammation

No

192

64.1 (123)

0.200

43.9 (54)

51.2 (63)

4.9 (6)

0.222

Yes

328

69.5 (228)

 

51.8 (118)

41.7 (95)

6.6 (15)

ID

No

340

62.6 (213)

0.001

54.5 (116)

37.1 (79)

8.5 (18)

< 0.001

Yes

180

76.7 (138)

 

40.6 (56)

57.2 (79)

2.2 (3)

  1. MP: malaria parasite, ID: iron deficiency, P- values in bold are statistically significant