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. 2010 Nov 12;10:693. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-693

Table 4.

Multivariable model of predictors of Bayley cognitive scores of 12 month old infants

Crude β^(95%CI)
(n = 194)
Fully adjustedβ^(95%CI) Model (n = 183)
Maternal age (years) -0.06 (-0.13, 0.01) -0.07 (0.24, 0.09)
Age of husband (years) -0.01 (-0.05, 0.04) 0.04 (-0.02, 0.10)
No maternal education -0.08 (-1.38, 1.22) -1.34 (-2.82, 0.13)
No paternal education 0.40 (-0.57, 1.36) 0.67 (-0.40, 1.74)
Parity: Primiparous Ref.§ Ref.§
 2 to 4 births -0.08 (-1.68, 1.52) 0.08 (-1.61, 1.77)
 5 or more -0.45 (-2.01, 1.12) 0.02 (-2.32, 2.36)
Lower relative wealth -1.46 (-2.40,-0.53) -1.50 (-2.54, -0.45)
Hungry in last 30 days -0.77 (-2.03, 0.49) -0.23 (-1.80, 1.35)
Marital discord scale -0.27 (-0.82, 0.28) -0.04 (-0.67, 0.60)
Physically assaulted -2.21 (-3.95, -0.47) -2.72 (-4.35, -1.09)
Female infant gender -0.65 (-1.60, 0.30) -1.00 (-2.17, 0.17)
Birth weight (kg) -0.30 (-1.36, 0.77) -0.36 (-1.59, 0.87)
Pregnancy variables
Maternal SRQ score -0.08 (-0.20, 0.03) -0.07 (-0.21, 0.08)
≥1 malarial episode -0.65 (-2.01, 0.71) -0.03 (-1.44, 1.38)
Postnatal 2 month variables
Maternal SRQ score 0.06 (-0.08, 0.20) 0.06 (-0.09, 0.20)
Prolonged labour (>24 hours) -0.83 (-0.19, 0.27) -1.03 (-2.22, 0.15)
Postnatal 12 month variables
Maternal SRQ score 0.04 (-0.13, 0.21) 0.07 (-0.16, 0.30)
Infant diarrhoea: 0 Ref.± Ref.±
 1 episode 0.14 (-1.38, 1.67) 0.58 (-1.31, 2.46)
 ≥2 episodes 0.13 (-1.12, 1.38) 0.58 (-1.05, 2.22)
Weight-for-Age Z-score 0.35 (-0.01, 0.71) 0.50 (0.03, 0.98)

§Test-for-trend for parity: Χ2 0.62(1), p > 0.25 for crude and Χ2 0.0000006(1), p = > 0.50 for adjusted model. ±Test-for-trend for infant diarrhoeal episodes: Χ2 0.02(1), p > 0.50 for crude and Χ2 0.41(1), p > 0.50 for adjusted model.