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Table 6 Multivariate Logistic regression model for predictor of developmental delays (With total delays vs without delays)

From: A national prevalence and profile of single and multiple developmental delays among children aged from 1 year up to 12 years: an Egyptian community-based study

Parameters

With total delays vs without delays

One delay vs multiple delays

Wald

OR

CI

Wald

OR

CI

Age

9.157

1.02**

1.01–1.03

14.35

0.95*

0.91–0.07

Sex

166.9

1.75**

1.61–1.9

0.180

1.04

0.88–1.23

Locality (urban–rural) urban is the base

5.66

1.13*

1.02–1.26

3.81

1.23

0.99–1.51

Social level (high–middle–low) low and high are the base

   

Middle to (low and high)

60.11

1.41*

1.29–1.53

0.21

1.04

0.88–1.24

Location (lower–upper–frontiers) is the base

   

Lower to cities

41.02

0.65**

0.57 -0.74

4.09

1.31*

1.01–1.70

Upper to cities

97.72

0.5**

0.44-0.58

22.16

1.99**

1.12–1.88

Frontiers to cities

84.83

0.45**

0.38-0.53

14.56

1.93**

1.38–2.71

Maternal age at birth

1.49

1.0

0.98–1.0

5.11

1.02

0.99–1.03

Maternal University and above to less

39.02

0.58**

0.49-0.69

1.13

0.84

0.60–1.16

Paternal University and above to less

39.59

0.60**

0.54-0.76

0.75

0.87

0.64–1.19

Maternal work status (work–unemployed and does not look for work) base is working

0.02

1.0

0.88–1.14

2.39

0.82

0.63–1.06

Mothers have any health problems during pregnancy

55.29

1.70**

1.48–1.95

1.05

0.87

0.68–1.13

Difficult labor

1.35

1.07

0.95–1.21

14.81

1.55**

1.24–1.94

Child born less than 7 months (preterm pregnancy)

0.97

0.88

0.82-0.1.0

0.001

1.0

0.56–1.76

Baby’s weight less than 2.5 kg at birth

70.16

1.94**

1.66–2.26

0.14

1.06

0.80–1.39

Children suffer from jaundice after birth

7.99

1.15*

1.04–1.26

2.70

0.86

0.71–1.03

Children suffer from bluish discoloration after birth (cyanosis)

13.74

1.65**

1.26–2.14

6.20**

1.69**

1.12–2.56

Children suffer from any convulsions

98.63

3.09**

2.47–3.86

4.45

1.46**

1.12–2.56

Children kept in an incubator for more than two days

29.71

1.46**

1.27–1.67

2.66

1.23

0.96–1.57

Constant

330.1

0.044

 

6.56

0.43

 
  1. *Significant, **highly significant