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

Table A2.

Estimates of coefficients of nutritional variables. Subsample of only the observations with non-missing data on birth weight

Model Variables other than controls WAZ8 HAZ8 EGRA Math PPVT
0 Norm. birth weight (y0) 0.157*** 0.145*** 0.005 0.022 −0.008
(0.031) (0.028) (0.030) (0.036) (0.025)



1W Weight-for-age at 1 year 0.566*** 0.376*** 0.118*** 0.083*** 0.022
(0.022) (0.021) (0.023) (0.023) (0.024)



1H Height-for-age at 1 year 0.464*** 0.508*** 0.112*** 0.088*** 0.049**
(0.023) (0.019) (0.022) (0.018) (0.018)



2W Unpredicted weight gain (y1) 0.510*** 0.334*** 0.110*** 0.075*** 0.022
(0.020) (0.019) (0.021) (0.020) (0.021)



2H Unpredicted height growth (y2) 0.443*** 0.489*** 0.112*** 0.085*** 0.051***
(0.023) (0.021) (0.021) (0.018) (0.018)



3W Birth weight (y0) 0.147*** 0.138*** 0.003 0.020 −0.008
(0.024) (0.023) (0.030) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted weight gain (y1) 0.509*** 0.332*** 0.110*** 0.075*** 0.022
(0.020) (0.019) (0.021) (0.020) (0.021)



3H Birth weight (y0) 0.145*** 0.132*** 0.002 0.020 −0.009
(0.026) (0.022) (0.029) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted height growth (y2) 0.441*** 0.487*** 0.112*** 0.085*** 0.051***
(0.022) (0.020) (0.021) (0.018) (0.018)



4HW Birth weight (y0) 0.145*** 0.132*** 0.002 0.020 −0.009
(0.024) (0.022) (0.029) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted height growth (y2) 0.435*** 0.487*** 0.111*** 0.085*** 0.051***
(0.020) (0.020) (0.021) (0.019) (0.018)
Conditional unpredicted WAZ1 (y3) 0.291*** 0.005 0.048** 0.024 −0.017
(0.023) (0.019) (0.020) (0.018) (0.018)



4WH Birth weight (y0) 0.145*** 0.132*** 0.002 0.020 −0.009
(0.024) (0.022) (0.029) (0.035) (0.025)
Unpredicted weight gain (y1) 0.511*** 0.338*** 0.111*** 0.076*** 0.023
(0.019) (0.016) (0.021) (0.020) (0.021)
Conditional unpredicted HAZ1 (y4) 0.116*** 0.350*** 0.047** 0.045*** 0.049***
(0.024) (0.022) (0.020) (0.016) (0.014)

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: 1556; the standard errors (in parentheses, underneath the coefficients) are robust to heteroscedasticity.

*p < 0.1.

**

p < 0.05.

***

p < 0.01.