Table 4. The effect of low birth weight on school performance of children: logit results.‡.
School performance | Univariate binary logistic regression | Multivariate binary logistic regression | ||||
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Unadjusted OR | 95% CI | p-value | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
Language | 4.00 | 2.43–6.55 | <0.001 | 4.96 | 2.67–8.92 | <0.001 |
Math | 3.64 | 2.23–5.95 | <0.001 | 4.01 | 2.16–7.71 | <0.001 |
Science | 3.71 | 2.28–6.04 | <0.001 | 4.50 | 2.45–7.27 | <0.001 |
Information technology | 5.80 | 3.28–10.24 | <0.001 | 6.42 | 3.87–13.24 | <0.001 |
Behavior | 2.58 | 1.39–4.75 | 0.002 | 2.72 | 1.27–6.01 | 0.013 |
Sports | 2.15 | 0.97–4.76 | 0.060 | 2.26 | 0.92–6.87 | 0.070 |
‡The logit contained all independent variables from Table 4. The odds ratios (OR) represent the effect of low birth weight (LBW) on school outcomes or performance variable, holding all other socioeconomic and demographic variables constant.