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Table 4 Linear regression analysis between stunting and KABC-II, CCT-1 and TOVA neuro-psychological outcomes of children from the PROMISE Saving Brains study in Burkina Faso

From: Association between stunting and neuro-psychological outcomes among children in Burkina Faso, West Africa

 

Unstandardized

Standardized

P value

Coefficienta (95% CI)

Coefficienta (95% CI)

Memory (Atlantis—KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 7.9 (− 12.3 to − 3.4)

− 0.4 (− 0.6 to − 0.2)

0.001

Visual abilities (Conceptual Thinking—KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 1.1 (− 1.9 to − 0.3)

− 0.3 (− 0.6 to − 0.07)

0.01

Visual abilities (Face Recognition—KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 0.7 (− 1.4 to 0.02)

− 0.2 (− 0.5 to 0.01)

0.06

Memory (Number Recall- KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 0.5 (− 1.0 to − 0.07)

− 0.3 (− 0.5 to − 0.04)

0.02

Spatial abilities (Triangle—KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 1.1 (− 1.7 to − 0.5)

− 0.4 (− 0.6 to − 0.2)

0.001

Reasoning (Block Counting—KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 0.7 (− 1.6 to 0.2)

− 0.2 (− 0.4 to 0.04)

0.11

General cognition (KABC-II)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 13.2 (− 19.7 to − 6.8)

− 0.5 (− 0.6 to − 0.2)

≤ 0.0001

Cognitive flexibility (CCT-1)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

1.8 (0.02 to 3.5)

0.2 (0.003 to 0.5)

0.04

Attention (TOVA)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

− 0.2 (− 0.3 to − 0.02)

− 0.2 (− 0.5 to − 0.03)

0.02

Inhibition (TOVA)

 No stunting

   

 Stunting

4.6 (0.5 to 8.8)

0.3 (0.03 to 0.5)

0.02

  1. aAdjusted for age, sex, schooling, playing, father education, mother employment and EBF (N = 499 for KABC-II & CCT-1 and N = 481 for TOVA)