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Table 4 Anaemia status of the study participants by gender, age groups and strata

From: Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria, submicroscopic parasitaemia and anaemia in Korogwe District, north-eastern Tanzania

Variable

Non anaemic

Anaemia

Total

n

P-value

n (%)

Mild,

n (%)

Moderate

n (%)

Severe

n (%)

Sex

 Male

199 (72.4)

44 (16.0)

28 (10.1)

4 (1.50)

275 (48.7)

0.25

Female

231 (79.7)

34 (11.7)

22 (7.6)

3 (1.03)

290 (51.3)

Age groups (years)

 0.5–4

174 (73.4)

43 (18.1)

17 (7.2)

3 (1.3)

237 (42.0)

0.22

 5–11

153 (76.9)

19 (9.6)

23 (11.5)

4 (2.0)

199 (35.2)

 12–14

52 (81.3)

7 (10.9)

5 (7.8)

0 (0.0)

64 (11.3)

 15–19

51 (78.5)

9 (13.9)

5 (7.6)

0 (0.0)

61 (11.5)

Strata

 Highland village

217 (77.5)

38 (13.6)

22 (7.9)

3 (1.0)

280 (49.7)

0.82

 Lowland village

213 (74.7)

40 (14.0)

28 (9.8)

4 (1.4)

285 (50.3)

Total

430 (76.1)

78 (13.8)

50 (8.9)

7 (1.2)

565 (100)

  1. Haemoglobin level < 7.0 g/dL = severe anaemia, between 7.0 and 9.9 g/dL = moderate anaemia, between 10.0 and 10.9 g/dL = mild anaemia and Hb ≥ 11 g/dL = non-anaemic. The age groups presented here are as per WHO haemoglobin concentrations for the diagnosis of anaemia and assessment of severity [17]