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Table 3 Chi- square tests of anaemia and associated risk factors among pregnant women in Gulu and Hoima Regional Hospitals

From: Prevalence of anaemia and associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Gulu and Hoima Regional Hospitals in Uganda: A cross sectional study

Variable

Anaemic

Non anaemic

P-value

 

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

 

Age

     

   ≤19

47

23.6

152

76.4

 

   20–24

48

19.8

195

80.2

0.62

   25–29

42

23.6

136

79.4

 

   30–34

21

24.4

65

75.6

 

   35–39

4

12.9

27

87.1

0.58b

   >39

2

33.3

4

66.7

 

Education

     

   No education

11

45.8

13

54.2

 

   Primary

87

22.8

295

77.2

0.01a

   Secondary

59

20.9

224

79.1

 

   Higher

7

13.0

47

87.0

 

Still in school

     

   Yes

3

7.7

36

92.3

0.03b

   No

161

22.9

543

77.1

0.03a

Occupation

     

   Farmer

38

17.1

184

81.9

 

   Trader

31

20.1

123

79.9

0.03a

   Formal employment

15

18.1

68

81.9

 

   Handicraft

3

30.0

7

70.0

0.03b

   Housewife

77

28.1

197

71.9

 

Residence

     

   Rural

67

22.3

234

77.7

0.9

   Urban

97

22.0

345

78.0

 

Marital status

     

   Single

14

17.7

65

82.3

0.2

   Married

145

22.2

508

77.8

 

   Widowed

2

50.0

2

50.0

0.1b

   Separated/divorced

3

42.9

4

57.1

 

District

     

   Hoima

47

12.1

340

87.9

<0.01a

   Gulu

117

32.9

239

67.1

 

Trimester

     

   First

8

14.6

47

85.4

0.2

   Second

63

20.7

242

79.3

 

   Third

93

24.3

290

75.7

 

Gravidity

     

   1–4

133

21.8

477

78.2

0.7

   >5

31

23.3

102

76.7

 

Delivery gap (months)

     

   Never delivered

61

24.4

189

75.6

0.8

   1–11

5

22.7

17

77.3

 

   12–24

23

19.8

93

80.2

 

   25–36

31

22.3

108

77.7

 

   >36

44

20.4

172

79.6

 

Household size

     

   1–5

111

20.8

424

79.2

0.3

   6–10

48

25.3

142

74.7

 

   >10

5

27.8

13

72.2

 

Wealth index

     

   Lowest

100

21.7

362

78.3

0.7

   Second lowest

56

23.9

178

76.1

 

   Middle

5

15.6

27

84.4

 

   High

3

20.0

12

80.0

 
  1. aStatistically significant
  2. bFisher’s exact test