Table 5.
Odds of having developmental delay according to medical perinatal history and postnatal child problems
| Type of the riska | Total children Surveyed N = 21,316 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gross Motor
(GM) N (%) 412 (1.9) |
Fine Motor-adaptive (FMA)
N (%) 435 (2) |
Language
(L) N (%) 904 (4.2) |
Personal-Social (PS)
N (%) 681 (3.2) |
|
| Mother had any health problem during pregnancy (n = 1500) | 69 (4.6) | 74 (4.9) | 131(8.7) | 113 (7.5) |
|
COR (CI) |
2.74 (2.10–3.57)** |
2.80 (2.17–3.61)** |
2.36 (1.94–2.86)** |
2.76 (2.24–3.40)** |
| Difficult labor (n = 3435) | 90 (2.6) | 101 (2.9) | 182 (5.3) | 153 (4.5) |
|
COR (CI) |
1.47 (1.16–1.86)* |
1.59 (1.27–1.99) |
1.33 (1.13–1.57)* |
1.53 (1.27–2.84)** |
| Child born less than 37 weeks (preterm pregnancy) (n = 229) | 10 (4.4) | 14 (6.1) | 25 (10.9) | 19 (8.3) |
|
COR (CI) |
2.35 (1.24–4.46)** |
3.20 (1.85–5.54)** |
2.82 (1.85–4.29)** |
2.79 (1.74–4.50** |
| Baby’s weight less than 2.5 kg at birth (n = 1077) | 68 (6.3) | 66 (6.1) | 107 (9.9) | 89 (8.3) |
|
COR (CI) |
3.90 (2.98–5.09)** |
3.52 (2.69–4.60)** |
2.69 (2.18–3.33)** |
2.99 (2.37–3.77)** |
| Child suffered from jaundice after birth (n = 6180) | 145 (2.3) | 158 (2.6) | 339 (5.5) | 270 (4.4) |
|
COR (CI) |
1.34 (1.09–1.64)* |
1.41 (1.16–1.72)* |
1.50 (1.30–1.72)* |
1.63 (1.40–1.91)** |
| Child suffered from cyanosis after birth (n = 313) | 35 (11.2) | 31 (9.9) | 50 (16.0) | 38 (12.1) |
|
COR (CI) |
6.89 (4.78–9.93)** |
5.61 (3.82–8.23)** |
4.49 (3.29–6.12)** |
4.38 (3.09–6.21)** |
| Child suffered from any convulsions (n = 355) | 45 (12.7) | 43 (12.1) | 67 (18.9) | 56 (15.8) |
|
COR (CI) |
8.15 (5.86–11.3)** |
7.23 (5.18–10.1)** |
5.59 (4.25–7.36)** |
6.10 (4.53–8.20)** |
| Child was admitted to an incubator for more than two days (n = 1770) | 69 (3.9) | 81 (4.6) | 152 (8.6) | 132 (7.5) |
|
COR (CI) |
2.27 (1.75–2.96)** |
2.60 (2.03–3.33)** |
2.35 (1.96–2.82)** |
2.79 (2.29–3.39)** |
| Child suffered from meningitis (n = 190) | 14 (7.4) | 20 (10.5) | 26 (13.7) | 21 (11.1) |
|
COR (CI) |
4.14 (2.38–7.20)** |
5.87 (3.66–9.43)** |
3.66 (2.40–5.56)** |
3.85 (2.43–6.10)** |
arow %
* p-value significant at < 0.05
** p-value highly sig at < 0.01