Comparative analysis of trends and determinants of anaemia between adult and teenage pregnant women in two rural districts of Ghana

Table 5 Binary regression to determine the predictors of anaemia at antenatal registration

	B	P value	Exp (B)	95% Confidence Interval for Exp(B)
				Lower	Upper
BMI	−0.034	0.042	0.967	0.936	0.999
Gestational Age	0.057	0.011	1.058	1.013	1.106
Year		0.001
2012	−0.911	0	0.402	0.256	0.631
2013	−0.635	0.005	0.53	0.338	0.829
2014	−0.564	0.013	0.569	0.366	0.886
2015	−0.202	0.419	0.817	0.501	1.333

Significant predictors of anaemia at antenatal registration were BMI, gestational age and pregnancy year. Hb < 11 g/dl = anaemic; Hb levels ≥11 g/dl = non-anaemic (WHO, 2004). Hb- haemoglobin; BMI- Body mass index. B = slope. Exp (B)- odds ratio

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