TABLE 4.
Adjusted Mean Differences in DMC Neurodevelopment Scores According to Significant Predictors in the Tshipidi Study, Botswana, 2010–2012
| Covariate | DMC Neurodevelopment Domains Estimates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locomotor Estimate (SE) | P | Fine Motor Estimate (SE) | P | Language Estimate (SE) | P | Personal-Social Estimate (SE) | P | |
| In-utero exposure to HIV | — | — | — | 0.74 (0.32) | .02 | |||
| Maternal | ||||||||
| Income | 0.12 (0.06) | .04 | — | — | — | |||
| Depression | −0.08 (0.03) | <.01 | — | −0.06 (0.04) | .10 | −0.11 (0.06) | .08 | |
| Education | — | 0.46 (0.12) | <.01 | 0.35 (0.15) | .02 | — | ||
| Social score | — | 0.02 (0.01) | .06 | — | — | |||
| Household | ||||||||
| Cooking method (gas or electric vs wood burning) | — | — | — | 0.69 (0.37) | .06 | |||
| Cooking method (kerosene vs wood burning) | — | — | — | −2.76 (1.55) | .08 | |||
| Cooking method (none vs wood-burning) | — | — | — | 1.01 (1.44) | .48 | |||
| Preterm (<37 wk)a | −0.50 (0.21) | .02 | −0.41 (0.24) | .09 | −0.28 (0.31) | .35 | −0.63 (0.49) | .19 |
| Low birth weighta | −0.40 (0.21) | .05 | −0.05 (0.24) | .84 | −0.39 (0.30) | .19 | −0.13 (0.48) | .78 |
a
Bivariate associations for these covariates are shown in models fitted with the main exposure of interest (in-utero exposure to HIV) in the Tshipidi study, Botswana, 2010–2012. —, not applicable.