Table 5

Association between moderate and severe anaemia (smoking and altitude adjusted haemoglobin <10 g/dL) and level of sanitation coverage in the community for women with and without household level sanitation

Household sanitationCommunity-level sanitation coverageUnadjusted OR (95% CI)P valueAdjusted OR (95% CI)P value
n=871 979n=865 864
Yes1%–30%ReferenceN/AReferenceN/A
Yes31%–60%0.95 (0.92 to 0.99)0.010.96 (0.92 to 0.995)0.03
Yes61%–99%0.93 (0.90 to 0.96)<0.0010.93 (0.90 to 0.97)<0.001
Yes100%0.81 (0.78 to 0.84)<0.0010.82 (0.79 to 0.85)<0.001
n=4 40 822n=4 38 762
No0%1.10 (1.07 to 1.13)<0.0011.08 (1.06 to 1.11)<0.001
No1%–30%ReferenceN/AReferenceN/A
No31%–60%0.97 (0.95 to 0.997)0.030.98 (0.95 to 1.00)0.05
No61%–99%0.99 (0.96 to 1.02)0.390.99 (0.96 to 1.02)0.52
  • Logistic regression.

  • Unadjusted models included the dataset.

  • Adjusted models included mother’s age, mother’s age squared, parity, wealth quintile, mother’s education, urban or rural and dataset.

  • N/A, not applicable.