Severity, Red Blood Cell Morphology, and Associated Factors of Anemia Among Children Under Five Years Attending Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

This dataset contains the aggregate (summary-level) results from a hospital-based cross-sectional study assessing the severity, red blood cell morphology, and associated factors of anemia among children under five years attending Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FRRH), Western Uganda, conducted March–June 2026. The study enrolled 87 children aged 6–59 months, recruited by systematic sampling, with data collected via caregiver interviews, complete blood count (Sysmex XN-550), and Giemsa-stained peripheral blood film examination.

The workbook provides six summary tables: (1) socio-demographic characteristics of participants, (2) distribution of anemia severity (mild/moderate/severe), (3) morphological characterization of anemia among anemic children, (4) peripheral blood film findings (e.g., hypochromia, microcytosis, malaria parasites, sickle cells), (5) bivariate associations between candidate factors and anemia status, and (6) multivariate logistic regression results identifying factors independently associated with anemia.

This deposit contains aggregate/summary statistics only, as reported in the associated manuscript; it does not include individual participant-level records. The study was approved by the Mildmay Uganda Research Ethics Committee (MUREC-2107-2026), with written informed assent obtained from parents/guardians of all participants.