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. 2005 Jul 13;5:23. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-23

Table 5.

Association between congenital toxoplasmosis and developmental outcomes: multivariable analyses

Developmental outcome (Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval)
PARENT COMPLETED
Motor Speech & language Behaviour Cognition
All centres (N = 705) 1.30 (0.75, 2.25)2 1.10 (0.60, 2.02) 3,4 1.05 (0.66, 1.67) 2 0.85 (0.35, 2.09)
Sensitivity analyses
a) France only (N = 379)1 1.22 (0.61, 2.42)2 0.98 (0.45,2.14) 1.15 (0.64, 2.09) 0.55 (0.17, 1.76)2
b) Poland only (N = 134) 1.10 (0.30, 4.06) 0.54 (0.13, 2.26) 0.94 (0.30, 2.92) 1.02 (0.16, 6.62)
c) Children aged 36 to <41 months (N = 553) 1.18 (0.68, 2.05) 1.04 (0.54, 2.00) 1.25 (0.70, 2.22) 0.61 (0.25, 1.50)
d) Children with no signs before 4 months (N = 538 Poland excluded) 1.08 (0.57, 2.07) 1.10 (0.51, 2.36) 1.02 (0.57, 1.82)2 0.35 (0.10, 1.24)
CHILD COMPLETED
'Draw a Man' Line, circle, cross
All centres (N = 705) 1.27 (0.66, 2.44)5 1.13 (0.56, 2.25)
Sensitivity analyses
a) France only (N = 379)1 0.77 (0.35, 1.67) 0.93 (0.40, 2.18)
b) Poland only (N = 134) 1.00 (0.17, 5.77) 0.76 (0.13, 4.41)
c) Children aged 36 to <41 months (N = 553) 0.79 (0.39, 1.63)5 0.96 (0.48, 1.95)
d) Children with no signs before 4 months (N = 538 Poland excluded) 0.96 (0.46, 2.02) 1.03 (0.45, 2.36)

All models include centre, maternal education, and child's age at completion of questionnaire

1adjusts for variability among centres relative to Lyon

2adjusted for maternal age

3adjusted for born outside the country

4adjusted for maternal age

5adjusted for gender, and maternal age squared