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Table 4 The associations between potential factors and anaemia by the logistic regression model among infants age 6 to 23 months in central-south China

From: Associations between dietary patterns and anaemia in 6- to 23-month-old infants in central South China

Factors

N

n

%

COR(95%CI)

P

AOR(95%CI)

P

Year

 2015

312

92

29.49

1

 

1

 

 2018

311

63

20.26

0.85 (0.75,0.96)

0.008

0.86 (0.74,1.00)

0.047

Diarrhea

 No

551

131

23.77

1

 

1

 

 Yes

71

24

33.80

1.64 (0.96,2.78)

0.068

1.76 (1.00,3.09)

0.050

Diversified pattern

 Q1

154

49

31.82

1

 

1

 

 Q2

159

42

26.42

0.77 (0.47,1.25)

0.293

0.83 (0.49,1.41)

0.487

 Q3

158

39

24.68

0.70 (0.43,1.15)

0.162

0.98 (0.57,1.70)

0.957

 Q4

152

25

16.45

0.42 (0.24,0.73)

0.002

0.55 (0.30,0.99)

0.047

Breast milk pattern

 Q1

156

26

16.67

1

 

1

 

 Q2

156

25

16.03

0.95 (0.52,1.74)

0.878

1.04 (0.56,1.94)

0.900

 Q3

155

42

27.10

1.86 (1.07,3.22)

0.027

2.00 (1.12,3.58)

0.020

 Q4

156

62

39.74

3.30 (1.94,5.60)

< 0.001

3.26 (1.83,5.81)

< 0.001

Multi-nutrient powders pattern

 Q1

156

44

28.21

1

 

1

 

 Q2

155

44

28.39

1.01 (0.62,1.65)

0.972

0.80 (0.47,1.37)

0.425

 Q3

164

42

25.61

0.88 (0.53,1.44)

0.601

0.71 (0.40,1.26)

0.245

 Q4

148

25

16.89

0.52 (0.30,0.90)

0.020

0.41 (0.22,0.78)

0.006

  1. *: Only factors with a value of P ≤ 0.10 in a bivariate analysis were shown in the Table. N: The total; n: number of anaemia
  2. 1: Reference category. COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio