Table 3. Distribution of verbal, performance and total cognition raw scores, and IQ at 9 years in children who were stunted at various time points of follow-up in MAL-ED cohort (N = 200#).
| Groups, n | Verbal scores, mean (SD) | Performance scores, mean (SD) | Total scores, mean (SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw scores | IQ | P value * | Raw scores | IQ | P value * | Raw scores | IQ | P value * | |
| Children who were never stunted (n = 109) | 475.96 (47.56) | 95.19 (9.51) | 0.024 | 467.64 (61.87) | 93.54 (12.40) | 0.051 | 943.60 (97.48) | 94.37 (9.75) | 0.036 |
| Stunted at 2 years and catch-up at 5 years (n = 34) | 474.18 (47.93) | 94.85 (9.54) | 439.41 (83.67) | 87.88 (16.73) | 913.59 (122.65) | 91.36 (12.27) | |||
| Stunted at 2 and 5 years, and, catch-up at 9 years (n = 36) | 457.75 (49.88) | 91.55 (9.98) | 452.36 (59.68) | 90.47 (11.94) | 910.11 (101.13) | 91.01 (10.11) | |||
| Stunted at 2, 5 and 9 years (n = 21) | 445.76 (45.77) | 89.15 (9.15) | 435.79 (51.51) | 87.16 (10.30) | 881.55 (84.86) | 88.16 (8.49) | |||
#200/203(98.52%) children who had complete information on stunting at all three time points were included in this analysis.
*Statistical significance between the groups for verbal IQ, performance IQ and total IQ was tested using ANOVA.