Table 1. Association of sociodemographic variables with global delay (cognitive, language and motor) in 100 children admitted with severe acute malnutrition in Ujjain, India.
| Global developmental delay | ||||||||||
| Independent variable | Total n = 100 | Yes n = 58(58%) | No n = 42(42%) | MD | 95% CI | P value | ||||
| Mean (±SD) | Median(IQR) | Mean (±SD) | Median(IQR) | |||||||
| Age (in months) | 20.02(±5.78) | 18.34(±5.08) | 18(7) | 22.33(±5.94) | 21(9) | -3.98 | -1.79 to 6.18 | <0.001 | ||
| Weight (in Kilograms) | 6.15(±1.31) | 6.55(±0.83) | 6.6(1.11) | 5.60(±1.25) | 5.38(1.38) | 0.94 | 1.36 to 0.53 | <0.001 | ||
| Height (in centimetres) | 71(±5.62) | 72.39(±5.26) | 73(6.5) | 69.07(±5.59) | 68.5(9.5) | 3.32 | 5.49 to 1.15 | 0.003 | ||
| Percentile weight for age | 56.41(±9.63) | 61.92(6.57) | 62.44(7.73) | 48.79(±7.85) | 47.74(8.25) | 13.12 | 16.0 to 10.25 | <0.001 | ||
| Percentile height for age | 85.72(±5.92) | 88.97(±5.04) | 89.54(6.31) | 81.23(±3.70) | 80.94(4.50) | 7.74 | 9.56 to 5.92 | <0.001 | ||
| Percentile weight for height | 72.53(±6.78) | 74.90(±4.69) | 74.82(4.70) | 69.26(±7.84) | 67.56(6.68) | 5.64 | 8.13 to 3.14 | <0.001 | ||
| Independent variable | Total n = 100 | Yes n = 58(58%) | No n = 42(42%) | OR | 95% CI | P value | ||||
| Socio economic status | Lower | 13(13) | 7(54) | 6(46) | Reference | Reference | ||||
| Upper-lower | 67(67) | 38(57) | 29(43) | 1.21 | 0.34–3.70 | 0.849 | ||||
| Upper | 20(20) | 13(65) | 7(35) | 1.59 | 0.38–6.62 | 0.523 | ||||
| Head circumference | >3SD | 75(75) | 40(53) | 35(47) | Reference | Reference | ||||
| 2 to 3SD | 20(20) | 15(75) | 5(25) | 2.62 | 0.86–7.95 | 0.088 | ||||
| <-3SD | 5(5) | 3(60) | 2(40) | 1.31 | 0.20–8.31 | 0.773 | ||||
| Severe anemia | No | 33(33) | 5(15) | 28(85) | Reference | Reference | - | |||
| (Hb<7 gm%) | Yes | 67(67) | 53(79) | 14(21) | 21.2 | 6.9–64.9 | <0001 | |||
| Hair changes | No | 43(43) | 14(33) | 29(67) | Reference | Reference | - | |||
| Yes | 57(57) | 44(77) | 13(23) | 7.01 | 2.88–17.05 | <0.001 | ||||
| Skin changes | No | 75(75) | 35(47) | 40(53) | Reference | Reference | - | |||
| Yes | 25(25) | 23(92) | 2(8) | 13.14 | 2.89–59.75 | <0.001 | ||||
| Wasting | No | 82(82) | 42(51) | 40(49) | Reference | Reference | - | |||
| Yes | 18(18) | 16(89) | 2(11) | 7.6 | 1.6–35.3 | 0.009 | ||||
| Edema | No | 93(93) | 54(58) | 39(42) | Reference | Reference | - | |||
| Yes | 7(7) | 4(58) | 3(42) | 0.96 | 0.20–4.55 | 0.962 | ||||
MD Mean deviation; OR Odds ratios; CI confidence intervals.