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Table 1 Child health and family demographic characteristics of study sample

From: Dose of early intervention treatment during children’s first 36 months of life is associated with developmental outcomes: an observational cohort study in three low/low-middle income countries

Characteristica

Inclusion in analysis - n (%)

Total

p-valueb

 

Yes

No

  

Enrolled - N

145

59

204

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Male gender- n/N (%)

78/141 (55.3)

34/59 (57.6)

112/200 (56.0)

0.7643

Birth weight (grams) - N

139

59

198

0.1109

 1500 - 2499

30 (21.6)

13 (22.0)

43 (21.7)

 

 2500 - 2999

51 (36.7)

30 (50.8)

81 (40.9)

 

 ≥ 3000

58 (41.7)

16 (27.1)

74 (37.4)

 

Gestational age-mean (std)

37.9 (2.0)

37.8 (1.9)

37.9 (2.0)

0.7804

 Preterm (<37 mos.) - n/N (%)

40/142 (28.2)

16/59 (27.1)

56/201 (27.9)

0.8798

 Resuscitated - n/N (%)

59/145 (40.7)

19/59 (32.2)

78/204 (38.2)

0.2581

Prenatal care visits-N

145

59

204

0.0151

 0

35 (24.1)

4 (6.8)

39 (19.1)

 

 1-3

48 (33.1)

22 (37.3)

70 (34.3)

 

 4 or more

62 (42.8)

33 (55.9)

95 (46.6)

 

Weight for age and sex at 12 mos-N

137

43

180

0.0407

 <5th % tile for age in months

40 (29.2)

20 (46.5)

60 (33.3)

 

 5th-14th % tile for age in months

16 (11.7)

7 (16.3)

23 (12.8)

 

 > = 15th % tile for age in months

81 (59.1)

16 (37.2)

97 (53.9)

 

Immunization complete 12 mos-n/N (%)

106/142 (74.6)

41/43 (95.3)

147/185 (79.5)

0.0032

Maternal Age (Years)- Mean (Std)

25.5 (5.7)

24.3 (4.0)

25.1 (5.3)

0.0844

Maternal schooling completed-N

136

58

194

0.5144

 None and illiterate

68 (50.0)

25 (43.1)

93 (47.9)

 

 Literate or primary schooling

36 (26.5)

20 (34.5)

56 (28.9)

 

 Literate and some secondary schooling

32 (23.5)

13 (22.4)

45 (23.2)

 

Parity (including child enrolled in study) - Mean (Sd)

3.1 (2.2)

2.4 (1.3)

2.9 (2.0)

0.0110

Family Resources Index (# items present in home) - N

145

59

204

<.0001

 0-1

55 (37.9)

11 (18.6)

66 (32.4)

 

 2-4

49 (33.8)

40 (67.8)

89 (43.6)

 

 5+

41 (28.3)

8 (13.6)

49 (24.0)

 
  1. aMeasured at enrollment unless otherwise indicated.
  2. bDifferences in mean values for continuous variables were tested using t-tests and categorical measures were tested using chi-square and Fisher exact tests; bold indicates significant p < .05.