Table 1 |
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| Socio-demographic characteristics and feeding practices of 0–18 month-old infants by anemia status in rural Shaanxi province, China, 2010 | |||
| Variable | Anemic | Non-anemic | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
| Birth weight (n = 227) | |||
| <2500 g | 5 | 3 | 4.85 (1.12-20.96) |
| ≥2500 g | 56 | 163 | 1.00 |
| Number of siblings (n = 335) | |||
| ≥2 | 10 | 7 | 2.76 (1.01-7.55) |
| 1 | 38 | 75 | 0.98 (0.60-1.59) |
| 0 | 70 | 135 | 1.00 |
| Mother’s education (years) (n = 335) | |||
| >9 | 14 | 33 | 0.36 (0.13-0.99) |
| ≤9 | 65 | 127 | 0.43 (0.18-1.02) |
| ≤6 | 26 | 46 | 0.48 (0.19-1.22) |
| ≤3 | 13 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Average income per month RMB (n = 336) | |||
| ≤800 | 58 | 82 | 1.60 (1.02-2.52) |
| >800 | 60 | 136 | 1.00 |
| Person to room ratio (n = 336) | |||
| >3 | 40 | 50 | 2.44(1.26-4.75) |
| ≤3 | 59 | 110 | 1.64(0.89-3.00) |
| ≤1.5 | 19 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Breast-feeding* (n = 336) | |||
| No | 32 | 27 | 2.63 (1.49-4.66) |
| Yes | 86 | 191 | 1.00 |
| Age of introduction of complementary food (n = 336) | |||
| <4 months or >6 months | 47 | 53 | 2.06 (1.27-3.34) |
| 4-6 months | 71 | 165 | 1.00 |
| Frequency of high-quality complementary foods (n = 336) | |||
| ≥2 times per month | 35 | 121 | 0.34 (0.21-0.55) |
| <2 times per month | 83 | 97 | 1.00 |
*Breast-feeding: exclusive breast-feeding and predominant breast-feeding during the first 4 months of life.
Yang et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:1127 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-1127
