Malnutrition, anaemia and anisocytosis as public health problems among children ≤ 5 years living in malaria perennial transmission areas of Mount Cameroon: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Mean haemoglobin levels (g/dL) as affected by demographic, malnutrition and it forms

Variable	N	Mean Hb in g/dL	SD	95% CI for mean	t test
Variable	N	Mean Hb in g/dL	SD	95% CI for mean	P value
Sex
Male	300	10.04	1.99	9.8–10.3	0.014
Female	328	10.04	1.87	9.8–10.2	0.989
Age group/ months
< 24	224	9.69	1.85	9.4–9.9	6.613^a
25–47	265	10.14	2.11	9.9–10.4	6.613^a
48–60	139	10.40	1.56	10.2–10.6	0.001***
Malnourished
Yes	257	10.01	1.96	9.8–10.2	− 0.348
No	371	10.06	1.90	9.9–10.3	0.728
Stunted
Yes	182	9.74	1.81	9.5–10.01	− 2.464
No	446	10.16	1.96	10.0–10.3	0.014*
Underweight
Yes	133	10.24	1.99	9.9–10.6	1.350
No	495	9.98	1.90	9.8–10.2	0.177
Wasted
Yes	114	10.41	2.08	10.0–10.8	1.261
No	514	10.01	1.88	9.8–10.1	0.064

^aMeans compared using F test, *Statistically significant at P < 0.05, ***Statistically significant at P < 0.001

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