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. 2022 Aug 5;16:63. doi: 10.1186/s13034-022-00498-3

Table 6.

Multivariate Logistic regression model for predictor of developmental delays (With total delays vs without delays)

Parameters With total delays vs without delays One delay vs multiple delays
Wald OR CI Wald OR CI
Age 9.157 1.02** 1.01–1.03 14.35 0.95* 0.91–0.07
Sex 166.9 1.75** 1.61–1.9 0.180 1.04 0.88–1.23
Locality (urban–rural) urban is the base 5.66 1.13* 1.02–1.26 3.81 1.23 0.99–1.51
Social level (high–middle–low) low and high are the base
Middle to (low and high) 60.11 1.41* 1.29–1.53 0.21 1.04 0.88–1.24
Location (lower–upper–frontiers) is the base
Lower to cities 41.02 0.65** 0.57 -0.74 4.09 1.31* 1.01–1.70
Upper to cities 97.72 0.5** 0.44-0.58 22.16 1.99** 1.12–1.88
Frontiers to cities 84.83 0.45** 0.38-0.53 14.56 1.93** 1.38–2.71
Maternal age at birth 1.49 1.0 0.98–1.0 5.11 1.02 0.99–1.03
Maternal University and above to less 39.02 0.58** 0.49-0.69 1.13 0.84 0.60–1.16
Paternal University and above to less 39.59 0.60** 0.54-0.76 0.75 0.87 0.64–1.19
Maternal work status (work–unemployed and does not look for work) base is working 0.02 1.0 0.88–1.14 2.39 0.82 0.63–1.06
Mothers have any health problems during pregnancy 55.29 1.70** 1.48–1.95 1.05 0.87 0.68–1.13
Difficult labor 1.35 1.07 0.95–1.21 14.81 1.55** 1.24–1.94
Child born less than 7 months (preterm pregnancy) 0.97 0.88 0.82-0.1.0 0.001 1.0 0.56–1.76
Baby’s weight less than 2.5 kg at birth 70.16 1.94** 1.66–2.26 0.14 1.06 0.80–1.39
Children suffer from jaundice after birth 7.99 1.15* 1.04–1.26 2.70 0.86 0.71–1.03
Children suffer from bluish discoloration after birth (cyanosis) 13.74 1.65** 1.26–2.14 6.20** 1.69** 1.12–2.56
Children suffer from any convulsions 98.63 3.09** 2.47–3.86 4.45 1.46** 1.12–2.56
Children kept in an incubator for more than two days 29.71 1.46** 1.27–1.67 2.66 1.23 0.96–1.57
Constant 330.1 0.044 6.56 0.43

*Significant, **highly significant