Table 2 Prevalence of anaemia stratified according to month and gender in the study population

Jan

120

32(26.7)

8

3(37.5)

128

35(27.3)

1.00

0.91 (0.55–1.51), p = 0.716

Feb

124

49(39.5)

12

5(41.7)

136

54(39.7)

1.75 (1.04–2.94), p = 0.038

1.54 (0.96–2.47), p = 0.077

Mar

133

33(24.8)

6

4(66.7)

139

37(26.6)

0.96 (0.56–1.66), p = 0.894

0.90 (0.55–1.48), p = 0.677

Apr

172

46(26.7)

20

10(50.0)

192

56(29.2)

1.04 (0.67–1.8), p = 0.723

0.92 (0.59–1.45), p = 0.729

May

161

53(32.9)

12

3(25.0)

173

56(32.4)

1.16 (0.7–1.9), p = 0.548

1.13 (0.72–1.79), p = 0.591

Jun

113

36(31.9)

10

5(50.0)

123

41(33.3)

1.33 (0.77–2.28), p = 0.302

1.16 (0.71–1.91), p = 0.555

Jul

111

32(28.8)

6

2(33.3)

117

34(29.1)

1.09 (0.62–1.9), P = 0.765

1.01 (0.6–1.69). p = 0.973

Aug

119

31(26.1)

9

5(55.6)

128

36(28.1)

1.04 (0.6–1.8), p = 0.889

0.91 (0.55–1.50), p = 0.700

Sep

155

43(27.7)

22

12(54.6)

177

55(31.1)

1.2 (0.73–1.98), p = 0.48

1.00

Oct

160

32(20.0)

20

11(55.0)

180

43(25.2)

0.83 (0.5–1.4), p = 0.492

0.71 (0.44–1.14), p = 0.154

Nov

233

73(31.3)

28

20(71.4)

261

93(35.6)

1.47 (0.93–2.34), p = 0.102

1.29 (0.85–1.96), p = 0.226

Dec

131

49(37.4)

11

7(63.6)

142

56(39.4)

1.73 (1.04–2.89), p = 0.036

1.54 (0.96–2.47), p = 0.071

Total

1732

509(29.39)

164

87(53.05)

1896

596(31.44)