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. 2016 Jul 11;16:89. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0621-y

Table 4.

Gender disparities

Children cannot say their first namea Children cannot draw a circleb
Family structure Female (n = 3510) Male (n = 3577) Female (n = 7999) Male (n = 8174)
adjusted OR adjusted OR adjusted OR adjusted OR
(95 % CI) (95 % CI) (95 % CI) (95 % CI)
Parents together 1 1 1 1
Parents separated 0.9 (0.6-1.3) 1.5 (1.2-2.0) 1.0 (0.8-1.2) 1.4 (1.2-1.7)
p 0.6 <0.004 0.9 <0.001

OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval

aAdjusted OR for children’s age, birth weight, drain presence, body mass index, and hearing abilities, as well as for day nursery attendance, mother’s age at childbirth, and level of education

bAdjusted OR for children’s age, hearing abilities, and mother’s level of education