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Table 2 Factors associated with anemia in children aged 6–59 months in Togo

From: Prevalence and risk factors of anemia in children aged from 6 to 59 months in Togo: analysis from Togo demographic and health survey data, 2013–2014

Factors

Model 1

Model 2

cOR [95% CI]

pW

aOR [95% CI]

pW

Child related factors

 Sex of children

 

0.3281

  

  Male

1.00

 

 

  Female

0.91 [0.76–1.09]

 

 

 Age of children

 

< 0.0001

 

< 0.0001

  6–23 months

1.00

 

1.00

 

  24–42 months

0.38 [0.30–0.47]

 

0.33 [0.26–0.42]

 

  43–59 months

0.29 [0.22–0.37]

 

0.22 [0.17–0.29]

 

 Nutritional status

 

0.0048

  

  Normal

1.00

 

 

  Malnourished

1.82 [1.23–2.70]

 

 

  Overweight

1.45 [0.80–2.64]

 

 

 Iron supplements intake

 

0.5753

  

  No

1.00

 

 

  Yes

0.94 [0.75–1.18]

 

 

 Children had malaria

< 0.0001

 

< 0.0001

  No

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Yes

2.55 [2.12–3.07]

 

3.03 [2.49–3.68]

 

Maternal factors

  Mother’s education status

 

< 0.0001

 

0.0027

  No education

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Primary

0.94 [0.75–1.17]

 

1.01 [0.80–1.28]

 

  Secondary and more

0.56 [0.45–0.71]

 

0.67 [0.52–0.86]

 

 Mother’s occupation status

 

0.1749

  

  Not working

1.00

 

 

  Working

0.84 [0.66–1.08]

 

 

 Mother’s anemia status

 

< 0.0001

 

< 0.0001

  No

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Yes

1.53 [1.24–1.89]

 

1.62 [1.30–2.02]

 

Household factors

 Wealth index

 

0.0003

  

  Poor

1.00

 

 

  Middle

1.02 [0.79–1.32]

 

 

  Rich

0.65 [0.52–0.81]

 

 

 Father’s alive

 

0.6838

  

  No

1.00

 

 

  Yes

1.13 [0.63–2.00]

 

 

 Place of residence

 

0.0002

  

  Rural

1.00

 

 

  Urban

0.66 [0.53–0.82]

 

 

 Region of residence

 

0.0104

  

  Savanes

1.00

 

 

  Kara

1.31 [1.03–2.16]

 

 

  Centrale

1.49 [0.92–1.86]

 

 

  Plateaux

1.21 [0.89–1.64]

 

 

  Maritime (without Lomé)

1.03 [0.69–1.53]

 

 

  Lomé town

0.84 [0.62–1.13]

 

 
  1. pW: p value of Wald’s Chi-Square test cOR: crude OR aOR: adjusted OR 95% CI: 95% confidence interval