Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana

Malaria Journal

Table 5 Analysis of child attributes associated with anaemia

Attribute	n/N (%)	OR^β, (95% CI)	p	OR^γ, (95% CI)	p
		Unadjusted		Adjusted
Child age
< 24 months	259/609 (42.5)	1	-	1	-
≥ 24 months	247/1062 (23.3)	0.41 (0.33 - 0.51)	< 0.001	0.32 (0.25, 0.42)	< 0.001
Height for age z-score
Normal	424/1429 (29.7)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	76/211 (26.0)	1.33 (0.99 - 1.81)	0.062	1.62 (1.11 - 2.37)	0.012
Weight for age z-score
Normal	457/1550 (29.5)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	43/99 (43.4)	1.84 (1.22 - 2.77)	0.004	1.52 (0.86 - 2.68)	0.147
Weight for height z-score
Normal	456/1523 (29.9)	1	-	1	-
Abnormal	41/105 (39.1)	1.50 (0.99 - 2.25)	0.051	1.17 (0.70 - 1.98)	0.546

β-Univariate logistic regression odds ratio (OR); γ-multivariate logistic regression odds ratio (OR); CI-confidence interval

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