Table 4.

Linear regression analysis between stunting and KABC-II, CCT-1 and TOVA neuro-psychological outcomes of children from the PROMISE Saving Brains study in Burkina Faso

	Unstandardized	Standardized	P value
	Coefficienta (95% CI)	Coefficienta (95% CI)
Memory (Atlantis—KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 7.9 (− 12.3 to − 3.4)	− 0.4 (− 0.6 to − 0.2)	0.001
Visual abilities (Conceptual Thinking—KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 1.1 (− 1.9 to − 0.3)	− 0.3 (− 0.6 to − 0.07)	0.01
Visual abilities (Face Recognition—KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 0.7 (− 1.4 to 0.02)	− 0.2 (− 0.5 to 0.01)	0.06
Memory (Number Recall- KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 0.5 (− 1.0 to − 0.07)	− 0.3 (− 0.5 to − 0.04)	0.02
Spatial abilities (Triangle—KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 1.1 (− 1.7 to − 0.5)	− 0.4 (− 0.6 to − 0.2)	0.001
Reasoning (Block Counting—KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 0.7 (− 1.6 to 0.2)	− 0.2 (− 0.4 to 0.04)	0.11
General cognition (KABC-II)
No stunting
Stunting	− 13.2 (− 19.7 to − 6.8)	− 0.5 (− 0.6 to − 0.2)	≤ 0.0001
Cognitive flexibility (CCT-1)
No stunting
Stunting	1.8 (0.02 to 3.5)	0.2 (0.003 to 0.5)	0.04
Attention (TOVA)
No stunting
Stunting	− 0.2 (− 0.3 to − 0.02)	− 0.2 (− 0.5 to − 0.03)	0.02
Inhibition (TOVA)
No stunting
Stunting	4.6 (0.5 to 8.8)	0.3 (0.03 to 0.5)	0.02

^aAdjusted for age, sex, schooling, playing, father education, mother employment and EBF (N = 499 for KABC-II & CCT-1 and N = 481 for TOVA)