Factors associated with maternal anaemia among pregnant women in Dhaka city

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis considering maternal aneamia as a dependent variable (n = 224)

Independent variable	β	p value	OR	95 % CI for Exp (β)
Independent variable	β	p value	OR	Lower	Upper
Age	-.161	0.006	0.851	0.759	0.955
Education level
Illiterate	Reference
Literate	−1.617	0.002	0.199	0.072	0.550
Living area
Semi-urban^a	Reference
Urban	−1.097	0.021	0.334	0.131	0.848
Income	−1.319	0.013	0.268	0.095	0.754
Constant	7.483	0.001	1777.565

^aReference group; β for standardized regression coefficient; Maternal anaemia was taken as a dependent variable whereas others were taken as independent variables. Significant at p value of <0.05; CI = Confidence Interval; OR = Odds ratio

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