The relationship between Plasmodium infection, anaemia and nutritional status in asymptomatic children aged under five years living in stable transmission zones in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 3 Predictor for anaemia (progressive stepwise (pr 0.10) backward pe (0.05) model) in two health areas of Mont Ngafula1, Kinshasa, DRC, 2012

	Population N = 700		Cité Pumbu n = 372		Kindele n = 328
Variables	aOR	p value	aOR	p value	aOR	p value
Age (months)
>12	1		1
≤12	2.6	0.01	2.8	0.01
PI
No	1		1		1
Yes	3.5	0.001	3.6	<0.001	2.9	0.001
Profession of the household head
Salaried employee	1		1
Other	2.0	0.001	2.2	0.078

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