Table 4 The determinants of anemia in women in Bangladesh (obtained from ordinal logistic regression models) (N = 5886)

 Low

1.90 (1.65,2.17)

1.69 (1.43,1.99)

1.36 (0.85,2.15)

0.20

1.23 (0.69, 1.83)

0.62

 Medium

1.41 (1.12,1.78)

1.35 (1.07,1.70)

1.15 (0.6,2.19)

0.66

1.11 (0.58, 2.11)

0.76

 High

1

1

1

1

 Socio-demographic factors

 No education

1.22 (1.05,1.42)

1.21 (0.79,1.84)

0.37

1.17 (.76, .80)

0.46

 Completed primary

1.15 (1.01, 1.31)

1.25 (0.82,1.91)

0.30

1.29 (.8,1.88)

0.35

 Completed secondary or higher

1

1

 Rural

1.07 (0.94,1.22)

1.06 (0.72,1.54)

0.78

.99 (67,1.46)

0.96

 Urban

1

1

1

 Yes

1.05 (.90,1.23)

1.08 (0.68,1.53)

0.94

0.99 (.67,1.46)

0.98

 No

1

1

 Female

.93 (0.78,1.12)

.79 (0.50,1.27)

0.34

.82 (0.65,1.50)

0.41

 Male

1

1

1

 No child

1

1

1

 One

0.99 (0.89,1.12

0.96 (0.69,1.33)

0.81

0.95 (0.69,1.32)

0.77

 Two

0.90 (0.75,1.07)

1.21 (0.73,2.01)

0.45

1.23 (0.74,2.06)

0.42

 Three or more

1.01 (0.73,1.40)

1.08 (0.39,2.97)

0.88

1.06 (0.38,2.92)

0.91

 Early reproductive

1

1

1

 Middle reproductive

0.92 (0.78,1.07)

0.77 (0.49,1.22)

0.27

.83 (0.52,1.32)

0.44

 Late reproductive

0.79 (0.64,0.99)

0.59^**(0.37,0.93)

0.02

.62 (0.39,0.98)

0.04

 Early premenopause

1.12 (0.88,1.42)

0.89 (0.55,1.44)

0.63

.94 (0.58,1.53)

0.81

 Late premenopause

1.10 (0.86,1.43)

0.76 (0.82,1.48)

0.53

.71 (0.73, 1.36)

0.17

 Small

1

1

1

1

 Large

1.01 (0.87,1.16)

1.05 (0.69,1.59)

1.05

1.06 (.70,1.61)

0.79

 Maternity status

  Pregnant

1.74 (1.12, 4.20)

< 0.01

1.7 (1.12,4.02)

0.03

  Lactating

1.62 (1.09,3.70)

0.03

1.47 (0 .11,3.99)

0.14

  Neither

1

1

 Normal

1

1

 Prediabetic

.67 (0.39,1.15)

0.15

.68 (0.39, 1.70)

0.17

 Diabetic

1.67 (0.78,3.49)

0.18

1.74 (1.02, 3.68)

0.04

 BMI

 Underweight (< 18.50)

1.34 (.92,1.96)

0.04

 Normal (18.50, 24.99)

1

 Overweight (25,30)

.62 (.39,0.97)

0.13

 Obese (> 30)

.66 (.30,1.45)

0.30