Effects of home-based play-assisted stimulation on developmental performances of children living in extreme poverty: a randomized single-blind controlled trial

Table 3 Dependency of intervention effect on baseline variables based on multiple regression analysis

	Developmental performances
	LA		PS		SE		FM		GM
Baseline variables	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P	β	P
Child’s age	0.01	0.89	− 0.03	0.29	− 0.35	0.25	− 0.02	0.60	0.04	0.38
Birth order	0.02	0.94	− 0.04	0.87	1.25	0.56	− 0.02	0.92	0.17	0.57
Family size	0.29	0.44	− 0.41	0.18	1.87	0.53	− 0.19	0.58	− 0.40	0.35
Income	0.00	0.84	− 0.002	0.03*	0.00	0.99	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.99
WHZ	− 0.11	0.78	0.24	0.43	−1.52	0.61	0.99	0.01*	0.65	0.11
WAZ	0.03	0.96	0.65	0.08	1.20	0.75	1.50	0.01*	1.33	0.01*
HAZ	0.11	0.78	0.43	0.17	2.81	0.35	0.39	0.25	0.66	0.13
Performance	− 0.01	0.84	− 0.02	0.74	0.05	0.65	− 0.04	0.53	0.08	0.22
Maternal age	0.04	0.61	0.02	0.81	− 0.28	0.68	0.06	0.60	− 0.01	0.96
Maternal education	− 1.07	0.78	− 2.87	0.34	− 0.67	0.98	− 7.40	0.02*	− 8.83	0.03*
Child-child interaction	− 5.54	0.09	1.08	0.69	5.55	0.83	− 7.80	0.01*	−1.71	0.64
Child’s sex	3.03	0.01*	0.28	0.76	− 2.24	0.81	1.06	0.32	0.18	0.89

β regression coefficient, P (P-value) significance level, LA language, PS personal social, SE social-emotional, FM fine motor, GM gross motor, WHZ weight-for-height/length z score, WAZ weight-for-age z score, HAZ height/length-for-age z score;
*Indicates significant test

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