Table 2 Weight for age z scores at birth: associations with potential predictors in regression models
From: Nutritional status of young children in Mumbai slums: a follow-up anthropometric study
Weight for age z score at birth | Weight for age z score < −2 SD | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 17318 | Univariable | Multivariable | Univariable | Multivariable | ||||
Coefficient | (95% CI) | Coefficient | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | aOR | (95% CI) | |
Household | ||||||||
Allocation to trial intervention (reference: control) | −0.055 | (−0.126, 0.017) | 0.019 | (−0.034, 0.071) | 1.051 | (0.960, 1.150) | 0.963 | (0.869, 1.066) |
Asset score (continuous) | 0.070 | (0.050, 0.091) | 0.074 | (0.054, 0.094) | 0.900 | (0.865, 0.937) | 0.867 | (0.850, 0.927) |
Nuclear family (reference: extended family) | 0.000 | (−0.008, 0.008) | 0.000 | (−0.008, 0.008) | 0.992 | (0.972, 1.012) | 0.993 | (0.973, 1.015) |
Religion (reference: Hindu) | ||||||||
Muslim | 0.154 | (0.107, 0.200) | 0.144 | (0.101, 0.187) | 0.887 | (0.816, 0.963) | 0.867 | (0.793, 0.949) |
Buddhist | −0.223 | (−0.317, 0.129) | −0.214 | (−0.302, -0.125) | 1.383 | (1.176, 1.627) | 1.375 | (1.157, 1.634) |
Other | 0.105 | (−0.033, 0.244) | 0.081 | (−0.051, 0.214) | 0.933 | (0.710, 1.225) | 0.952 | (0.715, 1.267) |
Mother | ||||||||
Age (continuous, in years) | 0.020 | (0.015, 0.024) | 0.009 | (0.004, 0.015) | 0.981 | (0.972, 0.990) | 0.989 | (0.978, 1.000) |
Schooling (reference: none) | ||||||||
Primary | −0.058 | (−0.148, 0.032) | −0.033 | (−0.012, 0.053) | 1.145 | (0.968, 1.364) | 1.124 | (0.940, 1.345) |
Secondary | −0.030 | (−0.077, 0.018) | 0.006 | (−0.041, 0.054) | 1.038 | (0.947, 1.139) | 1.019 | (0.921, 1.129) |
Higher | 0.140 | (0.068, 0.211) | 0.189 | (0.116, 0.262) | 0.839 | (0.725, 0.970) | 0.812 | (0.691, 0.954) |
Pregnancy | ||||||||
3 or more antenatal care visits (reference: <3 visits) | 0.209 | (0.117, 0.301) | 0.179 | (0.054, 0.094) | 0.687 | (0.583, 0.809) | 0.716 | (0.602, 0.851) |
Took more rest in third trimester than before pregnancy | −0.017 | (−0.061, 0.026) | 0.042 | (0.001, 0.084) | 0.957 | (0.880, 1.042) | 0.884 | (0.808, 0.967) |
Did less work in third trimester than before pregnancy | −0.054 | (−0.096, -0.012) | 0.016 | (−0.024, 0.056) | 1.038 | (0.958, 1.125) | 0.948 | (0.870, 1.034) |
Ate more food in second and third trimesters than before pregnancy | 0.108 | (0.056, 0.159) | 0.130 | (0.081, 0.179) | 0.876 | (0.790, 0.970) | 0.833 | (0.747, 0.928) |
Packets of iron tablets taken (1, 2, 3; reference: none) | 0.061 | (0.042, 0.081) | 0.043 | (0.023, 0.063) | 0.895 | (0.863, 0.929) | 0.921 | (0.883, 0.959) |
Newborn infant | ||||||||
Birth order (reference: first baby) | 0.115 | (0.093, 0.137) | 0.108 | (0.082, 0.134) | 0.900 | (0.862, 0.941) | 0.896 | (0.848, 0.947) |
Female infant (reference: male) | −0.011 | (−0.049, 0.026) | −0.003 | (−0.039, 0.033) | 1.127 | (1.047, 1.213) | 1.123 | (1.041, 1.212) |
Twin (reference: singleton) | −1.724 | (−1.865, -1.584) | −1.528 | (−1.665, -1.391) | 10.174 | (7.911, 13.085) | 9.182 | (7.065, 11.933) |
Preterm (reference: term) | −1.182 | (−1.254, -1.110) | −1.077 | (−1.148, -1.006) | 4.513 | (3.999, 5.093) | 4.119 | (3.637, 4.665) |