Table 2. Association of birth weight, feeding history and history of comorbidities as risk factors for global developmental delay (cognitive, language and motor) in 100 children of severe acute malnutrition in Ujjain, India.
| Global developmental delay | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variable | Total n = 100 | Yes n = 58 (58%a) | No n = 42 (42%b) | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Low birth weight | No | 64(64) | 24(37) | 40(63) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 36(36) | 34(94) | 2(6) | 28.3 | 6.3 to 28.7 | <0.001 | |
| Exclusive breastfeeding | No | 22(22) | 19(86) | 3(14) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 78(78) | 39(50) | 39(50) | 6.3 | 1.7 to 23.1 | 0.005 | |
| Bottle feeding | No | 17(17) | 14(82) | 3(18) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 83(83) | 44(53) | 39(47) | 0.24 | 0.06 to 0.90 | 0.035 | |
| Initiation of CF† (at 6 months) | No | 55(55) | 39(71) | 16(29) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 45(45) | 19(42) | 26(58) | 0.29 | 0.13 to 0.68 | 0.004 | |
| ≤3 feeds per day | No | 59(59) | 43(73) | 16(27) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 41(41) | 15(37) | 26(63) | 0.21 | 0.09 to 0.50 | <0.001 | |
| H/o diarrhea (in last one month) | No | 58(58) | 24(41) | 34(59) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 42(42) | 34(81) | 8(19) | 6.02 | 2.37 to 15.27 | <0.001 | |
| H/o of pneumonia (in last one month) | No | 86(86) | 46(53) | 40(47) | Reference | Reference | - |
| Yes | 14(14) | 12(86) | 2(14) | 5.21 | 1.10 to 24.72 | 0.037 | |
%a Column percentage
%b Row percentage, LBW low birth weight
†- CF complimentary feeding; H/o History of; OR Odds ratios; CI confidence intervals.