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Table 2 Multivariate analysis results of Griffiths Cognitive Domains of gender, hemoglobin and age on pre-school aged children uninfected and infected with Schistosoma haematobium

From: Effect of Schistosoma haematobium infection on the cognitive functions of preschool age children and benefits of treatment from an endemic area in Zimbabwe

Variable

 

FLDQ

LCDQ

PSEDQ

EHCDQ

GDDQ

  

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Gender

Male

p value

2.4 (0.6–9.2)

0.207

0.6 (0.1–2.4)

0.432

2.6 (0.4–17.7)

0.318

19.6 (1.1-356.2)

0.044

0.5 (0.6–3.6)

0.469

Nutritional status

p-value

1 (0.5–1.8)

0.976

0.6 (0.3–1.2)

0.155

1.2 (0.4–3.2)

0.718

0.4 (0.2–1.1)

0.071

0.9 (0.4-2.0)

0.776

Hemoglobin

p-value

0.9 (0.4–1.9)

0.753

0.3 (0.11–0.8)

0.014

2.5 (0.8–7.5)

0.114

1.5 (0.4–5.4)

0.500

0.3 (0.1–1.1)

0.068

Age

p-value

0.9 (0.9-1.0)

0.003

0.9 (0.9-1.0)

0.023

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

0.061

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

0.03

0.9 (0.9-1.0)

0.996

 S. haematobium

Infection status

Infected

p-value

4.6 (1.2–17.2)

0.023

3.6 (1.0-13.1)

0.047

5.9 (0.9–41)

0.074

28.2 (2.0-414.6)

0,015

5.3 (0.7–36)

0.090

  1. FLDQ = Foundations of Leaning Development Quotient, LCDQ = Language and Communication Development Quotient, PSEDQ = Personal-Social-Emotional Development Quotient, EHCDQ = Eye and Hand Coordination Development Quotient, GDDQ = General Development Quotient AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; All AORs quantify the odds of poor performance on cognitive domains adjusted for the effect of confounders (age, hemoglobin level, and nutritional status). Statistical significance is indicated by bold numbers. Reference categories for the gender category are females and for the S haematobium infection category are uninfected PSAC