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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Jan 1;89(1):56–63. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002825

Table 2B.

Bivariable analysis of risk factors for cognitive impairment in HIV-exposed uninfected participants

Variable Impaired N= 35 Unimpaired N=148 Odds ratio (95% CI) P Value
Mean age in years (SD) 12.2(3.4) 12.0 (2.6) 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 0.67
Male sex (% male) 24 (69%) 63 (43%) 2.9 (1.3–6.5) 0.007
Self-reported poor physical health (%) 3 (9%) 8 (5%) 1.6 (0.4–6.8) 0.46
Not in school (%) 2 (14%) 9 (11%) 1.4 (0.3–7.0) 0.72
SES Variables
Low maternal education (<7 years) 19 (55%) 60 (41%) 1.7 (0.8–3.7) 0.14
Low paternal education (<9 years) 2 (7%) 13 (10%) 0.6 (0.1–3.0) 0.57
Median Possession Index (IQR) 1 (0–3) 2 (1–3) 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.04
Food insecurity (%) 101 (68%) 25 (71%) 1.2 (0.5–2.6) 0.72
Piped water in home (%) 6 (17%) 41 (28%) 0.5 (0.2–1.4) 0.20
Electricity in home (%) 22 (63%) 111 (75%) 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.15
Flush toilet in home (%) 5 (14%) 15 (10%) 1.5 (0.5–4.4) 0.48
Nutritional Markers
Growth Stunting (%) 19 (54%) 14 (10%) 11.1 (4.7–26.4) <0.001
Low weight for height (%) 17 (49%) 19 (14%) 6.2 (2.7–14.1) <0.001
History of malnutrition (%) 3 (9%) 5 (4%) 2.7 (0.6–11.7) 0.20
History of severe malnutrition (%) 3 (5%) 3 (2%) 2.9 (0.47–18.1) 0.25

All variables are displayed as n (%), mean (SD) or median (IQR)