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Table 4 Distribution of anemia and anemia with stunting regarding demographic data among the studied participants

From: Prevalence of short stature and malnutrition among Egyptian primary school children and their coexistence with Anemia

 

Anemia

OR (CI95%)

Anemia with stunting

OR (CI95%)

Yes

(No. = 8619)

No

(No. = 24,531)

Yes

(No. = 3282)

No

(No. = 29,868)

no

%

No

%

no

%

no

%

Age (Y)

  < 9 (n = 21,989)

6011

27.3

15,978

72.7

*1.23 (1.17–1.30)

1945

8.8

20,044

91.1

1.0

  ≥ 9 (n = 11,161)

2608

23.4

8553

76.7

1.0

1337

12.0

9824

88.0

*1.40 (1.30–1.51)

Sex

 Boy (n = 17,143)

3810

22.2

13,333

77.8

1.0

1457

8.5

15,686

91.5

1.0

 Girl (n = 16,007)

4809

30.0

11,198

70.0

*1.50 (1.43–1.58)

1825

11.4

14,182

88.6

*1.39 (1.29–1.49)

Residence

 Urban (n = 18,858)

3841

20.4

15,017

79.6

1.0

1467

7.8

17,391

99.2

1.0

 Rural (n = 14,292)

4778

33.4

9514

66.6

*1.96 (1.87–2.06)

1815

12.7

12,477

87.3

*1.72 (1.60–1.85)

SES

 Low (n = 4315)

1493

34.6

2822

65.4

*2.54 (2.29–2.82)

744

17.2

3571

82.8

*3.32 (2.85–3.88)

 Moderate (n = 24,970)

6459

25.9

18,511

74.1

*1.67 (1.53–1.83)

2310

9.3

22,660

90.7

*1.63 (1.41–1.87)

 High (n = 3865)

667

17.3

3198

82.7

1.0

228

5.9

3637

94.1

1.0

  1. *: significant L Low, M Middle, H high