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. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86611. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086611

Table 1. Factors associated with NBNA score.

NBNA Score Low NBNA*
ß (95%CI) p-value OR(95%CI) p-value
Lg Mn quartiles
<P25(Mn<2.7 µg/L) 0 1.0
P25-50(Mn: 2.7–4.0 µg/L) 0.1 (−0.1, 0.3) 0.482 1.0 (0.3, 4.1) 0.985
P50-75(Mn: 4.1−9.0 µg/L) 0.0 (−0.2, 0.2) 0.961 1.7 (0.5, 5.9) 0.396
≥P75(Mn≥9.1 µg/L) −1.2 (−1.4, −1.0) <0.001 8.0 (2.8, 23.0) <0.001
Lg Se quartiles
<P25(LgSe<1.7 µg/L) 0 1.0
P25-50(LgSe: 1.7–1.8 µg/L) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) <0.001 0.23 (0.14, 0.38) <0.001
P50-75(LgSe: 1.8–1.9 µg/L) 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) <0.001 0.10 (0.05, 0.20) <0.001
≥P75(LgSe≥1.9 µg/L) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) <0.001 0.10 (0.05, 0.22) <0.001
Maternal age (years) 0.0 (−0.1, 0.0) 0.002 1.0 (1.0, 1.1) 0.457
Gestational age (days) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) 0.265 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 0.852
Birth weight 0.0(0.0, −0.0) 0.192 1.0 (1.0,1.0) 0.970
Gender
Male 0 1.0
Female −0.1 (−0.3, 0.1) 0.295 1.1 (0.6, 2.1) 0.687
Household incomes(Yuan/m/per person)
<2000 0 1.0
2000–5000 −0.1 (−0.3, 0.1) 0.407 1.0 (0.5, 2.1) 0.927
>5000 −0.5 (−0.7, −0.2) <0.001 1.9 (0.9, 4.0) 0.100
Maternal education
Middle school or lower 0 1.0
High scool −0.1 (−0.4, 0.1) 0.295 1.6 (0.7, 3.9) 0.313
Bachelor degree −0.2 (−0.3, 0.0) 0.103 1.4 (0.6, 2.9) 0.446
Higher than Bachelor degree −0.7 (−1.1, −0.3) 0.001 4.9 (1.7, 14.0) 0.003
Paternal education
Middle school or lower 0 1.0
High scool 0.1 (−0.2, 0.3) 0.579 0.9 (0.3, 2.6) 0.805
Bachelor degree −0.3 (−0.5, −0.1) 0.006 1.7 (0.8, 3.8) 0.175
Higher than Bachelor degree −0.5 (−0.9, −0.2) 0.004 4.6 (1.6, 13.0) 0.004
Maternal occupation
White collar 0 1.0
Technician 0.0 (−0.3, 0.3) 0.912 1.2 (0.4, 3.8) 0.793
Blue collar −0.2 (−0.4, 0.1) 0.133 1.7 (0.6, 4.5) 0.313
Housewife −0.6 (−1.3, 0.2) 0.175 3.3 (0.3, 31.0) 0.302
Paternal occupation
White collar 0 1.0
Technician 0.3 (0.0, 0.6) 0.032 0.7 (0.2, 2.3) 0.522
Blue collar 0.1 (−0.1, 0.3) 0.467 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) 0.999
Unemployed −0.2 (−0.6, 0.2) 0.265 1.3 (0.4, 4.6) 0.700
*

low NBNA: NBNA Score<37.