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. 2023 Sep 21;23:689. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05171-3

Table 3.

Multiple Logistic regression model for prediction of diagnosis. (Each type of disability vs healthy without this type of disability)

Parameters Visual Hearing Speech/ Communication Mobility/ Physical Comprehension Intellectual impairment Seizures
AOR CI AOR CI AOR CI AOR CI AOR CI AOR CI AOR CI
Age 1.4** 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.2** 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2** 1.1 1.2** 1.1 1.0 0.9
1.7 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.1
Sex (male) 0.8 0.5 1.6 0.8 1.7** 1.5 1.3** 1.1 1.5** 1.2 1.3* 1.1 1.0 0.7
1.4 2.9 2.0 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.5
Locality (urban- rural) urban is the base 1.8 0.9 1.5 0.7 0.8** 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7** 0.5 0.7** 0.5 1.3 0.6
3.7 3.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 2.4
Social level (High to low) 1.0 0.5 2.3* 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.7
1.8 5.2 1.2 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.6
Social level (Middle to high) 0.6 0.3 1.8 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.6** 1.3 1.7** 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.3
1.2 4.3 1.4 2.0 2.2 1.7 1.3
Geographical (Frontiers to cities) 4.7** 1.6 14.5** 3.1 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.2
13.8 69.0 1.1 1.7 1.5 2.3 1.5
Geographical (Lower to cities) 0.8 0.3 1.6 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.7* 0.5 0.6** 0.4 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.5
2.4 8.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.8
Geographical (Upper to cities) 1.2 0.4 2.6 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.5* 1.0 1.9 0.9
3.6 13.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 2.2 3.7
Maternal Education (University and above to less education) 0.9 0.4 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.3 0.9 1.6** 1.1 1.5 0.8
2.6 4.6 1.3 1.3 1.8 2.4 2.7
Paternal Education (University and above to less education) 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.7** 0.6 0.7* 0.5 0.5** 0.4 0.6** 0.4 0.3** 0.1
2.6 2.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7
Twins 1.8 0.7 1.0 0.2 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.1
4.6 4.2 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.3
Disabled mother 2.5 0.5 10.8** 2.5 1.4 0.8 2.0* 1.0 0.2 0.03 0.7 0.2 1.7 0.4
12.1 47.6 2.6 4.1 1.7 2.8 7.5
Disabled father 5.9** 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.8 1.3 0.7 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.3 1.5 0.4
16.3 - 2.1 2.3 2.8 2.2 4.9
Mother have any health problem during pregnancy 3.1** 1.4 2.5 0.9 1.7** 1.4 1.7** 1.3 1.7** 1.2 2.3** 1.6 1.3 0.7
6.8 6.7 2.1 2.3 2.4 3.3 2.5
Difficult labor 0.5 0.2 1.4 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.3 0.8
1.2 3.3 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.4 2.0
Preterm delivery (child born less than 7 months) 3.7* 1.1 1.6 0.2 0.9 0.6 1.2 0.7 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.6
12.1 16.0 1.5 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.3
Baby’s weight less than 2.5 kg at birth 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.02 1.6** 1.3 2.4** 1.8 2.0** 1.4 2.0** 1.4 2.2* 1.2
2.5 2.4 2.1 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.9
Child suffer from jaundice after birth 1.2 0.6 0.6 0.3 1.2* 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.6
2.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3
Child suffer from bluish discoloration after birth (cyanosis) 1.2 0.3 1.6 0.3 1.4 0.9 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 4.7** 2.2
5.3 9.5 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.0 10.3
Child suffer from convulsions after birth 1.5 0.4 8.1** 2.2 2.5** 1.8 3.4** 2.3 3.6** 2.3 4.2** 2.5 2.6 × 1011 0.0
5.6 30.5 3.5 5.0 5.7 6.9 -
Child kept in an incubator for more than two days 3.7** 1.7 1.2 0.3 1.6** 1.3 1.8** 1.4 2.1** 1.5 1.6* 1.1 3.0** 1.8
7.9 4.0 2.0 2.4 2.8 2.3 5.0
Constant 0.0** 0.0** 0.0** 0.0** 0.0** 0.0** 0.0**
Model fit (Cox & Snell R Square) 0.524 0.345 0.678 0.414 0.959 0.724 0.263
Percent correctly predicted (Hosmer and Lemeshow Test) 0.3% 0.3% 1.6% 1.3% 1.1% 0.7% 13.9%

Variable(s) entered in model 1: age, sex, locality, social class, geographical distribution, twins, mother education, father education, mother disability, father disability, mother problem during pregnancy, difficult labor, child born less than 7 m, baby weight less than 2.5 kg at birth, child suffer from jaundice after birth, child suffer from bluish discoloration after birth, child suffer from convulsions after birth, child kept in incubator for more than two days

* = p-value significant at < 0.05, ** = p-value highly sig at < 0.01, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval