Table 3.
Estimated regression coefficients relating BAs to BOT-2 scores in models with and without adjustment for other variables [β (95% CI); n = 299].
| Exposure measure | FMC | MC | BC | SA | TMC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before adjustment | ||||||||||
| Asa | –1.94 (–3.55, –0.35)** | –0.70 (–2.07, 0.66) | –1.38 (–2.50, –0.26)** | 0.07 (–0.63, 0.78) | –3.96 (–7.38, –0.55)* | |||||
| Mna | –2.93 (–7.02, 1.16) | –3.61 (–7.07, –0.16)* | –0.39 (–3.27, 2.47) | –1.37 (–3.16, 0.41) | –8.32 (–17.02, 0.39)# | |||||
| Seb | 1.55 (0.40, 2.70)** | 1.57 (0.60, 2.55)** | 0.15 (–0.66, 0.97) | 0.26 (–0.25, 0.77) | 3.54 (1.10, 6.00)** | |||||
| After adjustmentc | ||||||||||
| Asa | –1.68 (–3.19, –0.18)* | –0.49 (–1.73, 0.76) | –1.61 (–2.70, –0.51)** | 0.15 (–0.57, 0.86) | –3.63 (–6.72, –0.54)* | |||||
| Mna | 1.62 (–2.53, 5.77) | 1.03 (–2.40, 4.47) | 2.03 (–0.99, 5.06) | –0.66 (–2.64, 1.31) | 4.02 (–4.52, 12.56) | |||||
| Seb | 0.79 (–0.41, 1.98) | 1.02 (0.04, 1.99)* | 0.30 (–0.58, 1.66) | 0.09 (–0.48, 0.66) | 2.17 (–0.30, 4.63)† | |||||
| aLog transformed. bSquare transformed. cThe adjusted variables were sex, school attendance, head circumference, mother’s intelligence (WASI), plasma ferritin, BMn, BSe, and BPb. R2 values for adjusted models for FMC, MC, BC, SA, and TMC were 0.18, 0.22, 0.12, 0.03, and 0.24, respectively. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, #p = 0.06. | ||||||||||