Sociodemographic and Obstetric Characteristics of Anaemic Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Bolgatanga Regional Hospital

Table 2

Nutrition, BMI, and presence of livestock of study participants.

Variables	Anaemic (); (%)	Nonanaemic (); (%)	Crude aOR (95% CI)	value
Number of meals/day
Three times	183 (91.5%)	172 (86%)	Reference
Single meal	17 (8.5%)	28 (14%)	1.75 (0.92 to 3.31)	0.1128
Source of food
Home only	76 (38.0%)	105 (52.5%)	Reference
Street	5 (2.5%)	12 (6.0%)	0.57 (0.19 to 1.79)	0.4404
Both home and street	119 (59.5%)	83 (41.5%)	1.98 (1.31 to 2.97)	0.0011
Presence of domestic livestock
Yes	172 (86.0%)	147 (73.5%)	2.15 (1.33 to 3.68)	0.0027
No	28 (14.0%)	53 (26.5%)	Reference
Body mass index
<22.0 kg/m^2	99 (49.5%)	81 (40.5%)	1.44 (0.96 to 2.14)	0.0874
≥22.0 kg/m^2	101 (50.5%)	119 (59.5%)	Reference

Values are presented as (%). Comparisons between proportions of anaemic and nonanaemic groups were performed using Chi-square test. was considered statistically significantly different. Crude odds ratios were obtained from logistic regression analysis.