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. 2017 Aug;26:86–95. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.02.002

Table 4.

Estimates of coefficients of nutritional variables for Models in Group II.

Model Variables other than controls WAZ8 HAZ8 EGRA Math PPVT
3W Birth weight (y0) 0.141*** 0.126*** −0.007 0.006 −0.018
(0.025) (0.022) (0.033) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted weight gain (y1) 0.505*** 0.334*** 0.113*** 0.090*** 0.025
(0.020) (0.018) (0.022) (0.019) (0.020)
R2 0.489 0.403 0.189 0.357 0.284



3H Birth weight (y0) 0.140*** 0.120*** −0.008 0.005 −0.019
(0.027) (0.022) (0.032) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted height growth (y2) 0.415*** 0.459*** 0.107*** 0.099*** 0.043**
(0.026) (0.022) (0.022) (0.017) (0.017)
R2 0.436 0.500 0.188 0.359 0.285



4HW Birth weight (y0) 0.139*** 0.119*** −0.008 0.005 −0.019
(0.025) (0.022) (0.033) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted height growth (y2) 0.415*** 0.459*** 0.107*** 0.099*** 0.043**
(0.022) (0.022) (0.022) (0.017) (0.017)
Conditional unpredicted WAZ1 (y3) 0.303*** 0.026 0.055*** 0.030* −0.007
(0.023) (0.023) (0.020) (0.017) (0.018)
R2 0.494 0.501 0.191 0.360 0.285



4WH Birth weight (y0) 0.139*** 0.119*** −0.008 0.005 −0.019
(0.025) (0.022) (0.033) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted weight gain (y1) 0.506*** 0.335*** 0.113*** 0.090*** 0.025
(0.020) (0.015) (0.021) (0.019) (0.020)
Conditional unpredicted HAZ1 (y4) 0.093*** 0.316*** 0.040* 0.051*** 0.036**
(0.025) (0.027) (0.020) (0.015) (0.015)
R2 0.494 0.501 0.191 0.360 0.285

Notes: The variables on early childhood nutrition and on test scores in EGRA, Math and PPVT are normalized by the sample standard deviations; Number of observations: 1758; the standard errors (in parentheses, underneath the coefficients) are robust to heteroscedasticity.

*

p < 0.1.

**

p < 0.05.

***

p < 0.01.