A Retrospective Case-Control Study of the Determinants of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants in an Urban Community in Shanghai, China Between 2010–2015

Jian Wang; Yuan Liu; Qi Zhao; Tianwei Liu; Zhigang Zhou

doi:10.12659/MSM.921463

01 July 2020 : Clinical Research

A Retrospective Case-Control Study of the Determinants of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants in an Urban Community in Shanghai, China Between 2010–2015

Jian Wang^1ADEF*, Yuan Liu^2DEF, Qi Zhao^3CD, Tianwei Liu^4B, Zhigang Zhou^4B

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.921463

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e921463

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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of the determinants of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in infants in an urban community in Shanghai, China between 2010–2015.

	P-value	Odds ratio (OR)	95% confidence interval (CI)
	P-value	Odds ratio (OR)	Lower	Upper
Maternal age at delivery	0.286	0.941	0.842	1.052
First birth or not	0.395	0.683	0.284	1.642
Natural labor or not	0.873	1.047	0.594	1.846
Premature birth or not	0.827	4.367	0.000	3.388
Birth height (cm)	0.556	1.129	0.755	1.687
Birth weight (gm)	0.037	0.999	0.998	1.000
Method of feeding within 4 months of age	0.010
Mixed feeding: breastfeeding	0.003	0.239	0.093	0.613
Formula feeding: breastfeeding	0.076	0.263	0.060	1.150
Period of exclusive breastfeeding (months)	0.151	1.061	0.979	1.151
Introduction of complementary feeding (months)	0.817	0.978	0.812	1.178

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