Table 1 Prevalence of mild, moderate and severe anemia by study subject characteristics with P value
From: Prevalence of anemia among adults at Hawassa University referral hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Study subjects | N (%) | Degree of anemia | p-value | 95% CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mild N (%) | Moderate N (%) | Severe N (%) | |||||
Age | 15–30 | 215 (54%) | 113(52.6) | 49 (22.8) | 53 (24.7) | 0.038 | 0.000–0.012 |
31–45 | 95(24%) | 62(65.3) | 14 (14.7) | 19 (20.0) | |||
46–60 | 65(16%) | 38(58.5) | 10 (15.4) | 17 (26.2) | |||
61–85 | 25(6%) | 21(84.0) | 3 (12.0) | 1(4.0) | |||
Gender | Female | 168 (42%) | 89 (53.0) | 42(25.0) | 37 (22.0) | 0.030 | 0.013–0.047 |
Male | 232 (58%) | 145 (62.5) | 34 (14.7) | 53 (22.8) | |||
MCV | < 80.0 | 109 (27%) | 49 (45.0) | 32 (29.4) | 28(25.7) | 0.001 | 0.260–0.350 |
80.0–100.0 | 248(62%) | 170(68.5) | 39 (15.7) | 39 (15.7) | |||
> 100.0 | 43 (11%) | 15 (34.9) | 5 (11.6) | 23 (53.5) | |||
MCH | < 26.0 | 138 (35%) | 67 (48.6) | 39 (28.3) | 32 (23.2) | 0.001 | 0.222–0.308 |
26.0–32.0 | 208 (52%) | 145 (69.7) | 28 (13.5) | 35 (16.8) | |||
> 32.0 | 54 (14%) | 22 (40.7) | 9 (16.7) | 23 (42.6) | |||
MCHC | < 31.0 | 184 (46%) | 96 (52.2) | 44 (23.9) | 44 (23.9) | 0.004 | 0.170–0.250 |
31.0–36.0 | 206 (52%) | 136 (66.0) | 29 (14.1) | 41 (19.9) | |||
> 36.0 | 10 (3%) | 2 (20.0) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (50.0) | |||
RDW | 11.0–14.0 | 74 (19%) | 61 (82.4) | 7 (9.5) | 6 (8.1) | 0.001 | 0.000–0.007 |
> 14.0 | 326 (82%) | 173 (53.1) | 69 (21.2) | 84 (25.8) | |||
WBC | 5.0 | 96 (24%) | 40 (41.7) | 135 (67.2) | 59 (57.3) | 0.001 | 0.000–0.012 |
5.0–10.0 | 201 (50%) | 19 (19.8) | 34 (16.9) | 23 (22.3) | |||
> 10.0 | 103 (26%) | 37 (38.5) | 32 (15.9) | 21 (20.4) | |||