Table 3 Prevalence of anaemia and its severity as affected by age, malaria parasite and fever statuses
Variable | N | Anaemia | Chi square P-value | Anaemia severity | Chi square P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Severe % (n) | Moderate % (n) | Mild % (n) | |||||
Age group | ||||||||
< 5 | 153 | 63.4 (97) | 16.28 < 0.001*** | 97 | 5.2 (5) | 55.7 (54) | 39.2 (38) | 4.47 0.35 |
5–9 | 163 | 55.8 (91) | 91 | 2.2 (2) | 56.0 (51) | 41.8 (38) | ||
10–14 | 89 | 37.1 (33) | 33 | 0 (0) | 45.5 (15) | 54.5 (18) | ||
Malaria parasite status | ||||||||
Positive | 189 | 70.4 (133) | 35.70 < 0.001*** | 133 | 2.3 (3) | 48.1 (64) | 49.6 (66) | 7.17 0.03* |
Negative | 216 | 40.7 (88) | 88 | 4.5 (4) | 63.6 (56) | 31.8 (28) | ||
Fever status | ||||||||
Febrile | 32 | 62.5 (20) | 0.88 0.36 | 31 | 12.9 (4) | 48.4 (15) | 38.7 (12) | 10.65 0.005* |
Afebrile | 373 | 53.9 (201) | 183 | 1.6 (3) | 56.3 (103) | 42.1 (77) | ||