Sanku Dey|Sankar Goswami|Tanujit Dey
Identifying Predictors of Childhood Anaemia in North-East India
St. Anthony’s Hospital|William & Mary|Williams (United States)
objective study examine factors influence occurrence childhood anaemia northeast india exploring dataset reproductive child healthii survey rchii study population consisted 10137 children agegroup 06 years northeast india explore predictors childhood anaemia means different background characteristics place residence religion household standard living literacy mother total children ever born mother age mother marriage prevalence anaemia among children taken polytomous variable predicted probabilities anaemia established via multinomial logistic regression model probabilities provided degree assessment contribution predictors prevalence childhood anaemia mean haemoglobin concentration children aged 06 years found 1185 gdl standard deviation 561 gdl multiple logistic regression analysis showed rural children greater risk severe 2035 p 0003 moderate 123 p 0003 anaemia types anaemia severe moderate mild prevalent among hindu children 2971 p 0000 1195 p 0010 1201 p 0011 among children religions whereas moderate 1406 p 0001 mild 1857 p0000 anaemia prevalent among muslim children fecundity mother found significant effect anaemia women multiple children prone greater risk anaemia multiple logistic regression analysis also confirmed children literate mothers comparatively lesser risk severe anaemia mothers age marriage significant effect anaemia children well