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. 2018 Apr 15;18(2):411.

Table 2. Comparing various factors between students with Wechsler’s scale (more than 90 as controls or less than 90 as cases) using conditional logistic regression (individually matched for age, school and class) .

Variables Case Control OR (95% CI) P value
Number Percent Number Percent
Food security status
Secure 86 77.4 46 41.4 1.00
Insecure 25 22.5 65 58.5 4.82 (2.71, 8.70) 0.001
Mother's occupation
Working 15 13.5 29 26.1 1.00
Not working 96 86.5 82 73.9 3.71 (1.60, 9.81) 0.042
Mother's education
Below diploma 49 44.1 21 18.9 1.00
Diploma 50 45.0 51 45.9 0.41 (0.20, 0.82) 0.001
Higher than diploma 12 10.8 39 35.1 0.12 (0.06, 0.32) 0.001
father's education
Below diploma 47 42.3 14 12.6 1.00
Diploma 49 44.1 43 38.7 0.33 (0.21, 0.70) 0.001
Higher than diploma 15 13.5 54 48.6 0.11 (0.04, 0.21) 0.001
Family's economy
Rich 8 7.2 13 11.7 1.00
Average 42 37.8 55 49.5 1.21 (0.53, 3.32) 0.023
Poor 61 55.0 43 38.7 2.31 (0.91, 6.00) 0.049
Employed member(s) of the family
None 4 3.6 3 2.7 1.00
Mother or Father 89 80.2 73 65.8 0.91 (0.44, 4.21) 0.014
Both 18 16.2 35 31.5 0.41 (0.10, 1.93) 0.028
Does the child eat breakfast?
Yes 40 36.0 71 64.0 1.00
No 71 64.0 40 36.0 3.22 (1.80, 5.42) 0.001
Type of delivery
Natural 52 46.9 25 22.5 1.00
Cesarean 59 53.1 86 77.5 0.33 (0.21, 0.60) 0.001