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. 2020 Sep 24;10(9):e038977. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038977

Table 2.

Distribution of cognitive test score by famine exposure status, sex of participant and residency, Northeast Ethiopia, 2019 (n=1047)

Variables Early life exposed* Prenatal exposed Postnatal exposed Non-exposed P value
Cognitive test score, mean±SD 17.95±7.43 19.43±6.60 16.48±6.70 21.11±6.90 <0.001
Sex
 Female 16.61±7.50 18.70.±6.42 14.53±7.94 18.37±7.24 0.031
 Male 19.93±6.87 20.48.±6.74 19.36±7.02 23.67±5.41
Residence
 Urban 18.53±6.92 19.48±6.62 17.57±7.12 21.47±6. 81 0.673
 Rural 15.65±8.84 19.24±6.53 11.90±9.43 19.13±6.79

*Prenatal and postnatal exposed, p value—represents Independent samples t-tests or two-way analysis of variance for continuous variables.