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. 2011 May 25;11:43. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-43

Table 4.

Univariate analysis of IQ scores correlates - low SES village a

Full-Scale IQ Non-Verbal IQ Verbal IQ
N Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)

Sex
Males 42 89.1 (12.0) 88.0 (11.2) 91.5 (13.5)
Females 41 91.1 (12.1) 88.8 (10.8) 94.3 (14.0)

Maternal education
<10 years 68 88.8 (11.9) 87.8 (10.1) 90.8 (13.8)
≥10 years 15 96.0 (11.2)** 91.0 (14.4) 101.6 (10.1)**

Paternal education
<10 years 50 89.7 (13.7) 89.0 (11.6) 91.5 (15.1)
≥10 years 22 91.6 (10.4) 86.7 (14.1) 97.2 (10.4)

Crowding index
< median 37 93.2 (12.3) 90.2 (13.0) 97.1 (13.1)
≥ median 46 87.6 (11.3)** 86.9 (8.9) 89.5 (13.5)**

Composite SES index
Low SES 38 88.3 (12.9) 88.0 (10.7) 90.0 (14.7)
High SES 45 91.6 (11.1) 88.8 (11.3) 95.4 (12.6)*

H. pylori infection
Negative 9 89.8 (11.3) 86.7 (9.6) 94.1 (14.9)
Positive 63 90.2 (12.5) 89.1 (11.4) 92.4 (14.1)

Hb at early childhood b 74 0.21* 0.30** 0.14

Current Hb level b 83 0.08 0.03 0.11

HAZ at early childhood b 81 0.28** 0.27** 0.26**

WHZ at early childhood b 80 0.04 0.05 0.04

Current BMIZ b 83 0.03 0.05 0.01

a P value were obtained by the Student t test unless otherwise is specified.

b Pearson correlation.

*P < 0.1, **P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01.

Hb: hemoglobin, HAZ: Height for Age Z score, WHZ: Weight for Height Z score, BMIZ: Body Mass Index Z score.