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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2013 Jul 18;33(11):887–892. doi: 10.1038/jp.2013.78

Table 3.

Regression Models for Low Competence Scores and High Scores on Behavioral Problems at 30 months corrected age after controlling for other variables that included gestational age, birth weight, multiple births, IVH, Medicaid, maternal education, maternal marital status, maternal age, BPD, re-hospitalization, presence of CP and abnormal neurologic exam at 30 months of age.

Factors that were
significant
Low Competence Scores P Value High Behavioral Problem
Scores
P Value
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Race
Hispanic or Other *
2.53 (1.16, 5.51) 0.0194
House hold income
 <10,000
10,000–49,999 (vs. 50,000+)

4.38 (2.06, 9.29)
2.80 (1.56, 5.02)

0.0001
0.0005
30 m Bayley MDI < 70 2.08 (1.14, 3.78) 0.0165
30 m Bayley PDI <70 1.96 (1.06, 3.6) 0.0332 2.04 (1.20, 3.47) 0.0085
Female 1.60 (1.09, 2.34) 0.0165
*

Compared to White non-Hispanic