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Table 4 Interaction between age and LBW as determinants of child development

From: Maternal and neonatal factors associated with child development in Ceará, Brazil: a population-based study

 

n

Communication

Gross motor

Fine motor

Problem-solving

Personal-social

standardized mean difference (95% CI)

standardized mean difference (95% CI)

standardized mean difference (95% CI)

standardized mean difference (95% CI)

standardized mean difference (95% CI)

Age

In children < = 1 year (infants) (reference: BW ≥ 2500 g)

  LBW

62

−0.37 (− 0.62, − 0.09)

−0.11 (− 0.41, 0.21)

−0.34 (− 0.6, − 0.06)

−0.76 (− 1.09, − 0.41)

−0.40 (− 0.63, − 0.15)

In children > 1 year and < = 3 years (toddlers) (reference: BW ≥ 2500 g)

  LBW

107

−0.08 (− 0.24, 0.1)

−0.23 (− 0.41, − 0.03)

−0.10 (− 0.20, 0.09)

−0.14 (− 0.29, 0.02)

−0.07 (− 0.26, 0.14)

In children > 3 years (preschoolers) (reference: BW ≥ 2500 g)

  LBW

109

−0.1 (− 0.27, 0.08)

−0.23 (− 0.58, 0.13)

−0.48 (− 0.89, − 0.04)

−0.33 (− 0.57, − 0.08)

0.04 (− 0.2, 0.27)

p-values for interaction by age

0.37

0.66

0.41

0.04

0.04

  1. General linear models with interaction terms, adjusted for sample clustering