Erythrocyte DHA and AA in infancy is not associated with developmental status and cognitive functioning five years later in Nepalese children

Table 6 Associations between DHA and AA and the total and subscale scores of the ASQ-3 in Nepali preschoolers

VARIABLES		N	AA			DHA
Linear regression			Coeff.	CI	P	Coeff.	CI	P
Total ASQ-3	crude	283	3.61	(− 0.28, 7.50)	0.07	8.48	(−2.30, 19.27)	0.12
Total ASQ-3	adjusted^a	282	−0.56	(− 4.40, 3.29)	0.77	− 1.60	(− 11.39, 8.209	0.75
Logistic regression			OR
Total ASQ-3	crude	283	0.56	(0.36, 0.87)	0.01	0.26	(0.08, 0.81)	0.02
Total ASQ-3	adjusted^a	282	0.85	(0.52, 1.40)	0.52	0.65	(0.20, 2.13)	0.48
Subscales			OR
Communication	crude	283	0.44	(0.23, 0.82)	0.01	0.10	(0.02, 0.51)	0.01
Communication	adjusted^a	282	0.72	(0.35, 1.46)	0.36	0.28	(0.04, 1.90)	0.19
Gross motor	crude	283	0.83	(0.46, 1.50)	0.54	0.39	(0.09, 1.73)	0.22
Gross motor	adjusted^a	282	1.11	(0.58, 2.12)	0.75	0.73	(0.13, 4.19)	0.72
Fine motor	crude	283	1.01	(0.68, 1.79)	0.70	1.33	(0.40, 4.45)	0.64
Fine motor	adjusted^a	282	1.40	(0.87, 2.26)	0.16	2.38	(0.71, 8.01)	0.16
Problem Solving	crude	283	0.71	(0.42, 1.21)	0.21	0.49	(0.10, 2.32)	0.37
Problem Solving	adjusted^a	282	1.01	(0.60, 1.72)	0.96	1.03	(0.24, 4.37)	0.97
Personal Social	crude	283	1.07	0.52, 2.23)	0.85	1.62	(0.28, 9.40)	0.59
Personal Social	adjusted^a	282	1.34	(0.64, 2.78)	0.44	2.78	(0.45, 17.14)	0.27

Linear and logistic regression models adjusted for clustering
^aAdjusted for sex, age at baseline and weight-for-age z-scores at baseline and age at testing
OR > 1 indicates an increased risk of being in the lowest 25th percentile for each increment of one biomarker units

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