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Determinants of anemia among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care in Dessie town health facilities, northern central Ethiopia, unmatched case -control study
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 3, p e0173173 (2017), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017.
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Abstract
- Introduction Anemia affects around 38.2% and 22% of pregnant women at a global and national level respectively. In developing countries, women start pregnancy with already depleted body stores of iron and other vitamins with significant variation of anemia within and between regions. Objective To identify the determinants of anemia among pregnant mothers attending antenatal care in Dessie town health facilities, northern central Ethiopia. Methods A health facility based unmatched case control study was conducted among 112 cases and 336 controls from January to March 2016 G.C. The sample size was determined by using Epi Info version 7.1.5.2. Study subjects were selected using consecutive sampling technique. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, entered using Epi Data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression model was used to see the determinants of anemia. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value
- Subjects :
- RNA viruses
0301 basic medicine
Pediatrics
Maternal Health
Child Health Services
lcsh:Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Poultry
Geographical Locations
0302 clinical medicine
Immunodeficiency Viruses
Pregnancy
Infant Mortality
Medicine and Health Sciences
Gamefowl
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
lcsh:Science
Cognitive Impairment
Multidisciplinary
Cognitive Neurology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Anemia
Hematology
Neurology
Medical Microbiology
Dietary Reference Intake
Viral Pathogens
Vertebrates
Viruses
Pathogens
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Cognitive Neuroscience
Mothers
Microbiology
Birds
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Antenatal Care
Environmental health
Retroviruses
medicine
Humans
Animals
Microbial Pathogens
Nutrition
030109 nutrition & dietetics
business.industry
Lentivirus
lcsh:R
Infant, Newborn
Organisms
Case-control study
Infant
Biology and Life Sciences
HIV
Odds ratio
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
medicine.disease
Confidence interval
Infant mortality
Fowl
Amniotes
People and Places
Africa
Public Health Practice
Women's Health
Cognitive Science
lcsh:Q
Ethiopia
business
Chickens
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2f58fb4b9c3612d9ca315f30156dcd47