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Table 4 Association of study visits with maternal/caregiver reported diarrhea and fever with growth outcomes at 1-year postnatal age

From: Mortality, morbidity and growth among moderately low birthweight infants in India, Malawi, and Tanzania

 

Mean LAZ at

1-year (SD)

Multivariable* mean difference LAZ-score

(95% CI)

p-value

Mean WAZ at

1-year (SD)

Multivariable* mean difference WAZ-score

(95% CI)

p-value

Mean WLZ at 1-year

(SD)

Multivariable* mean difference WLZ-score

(95% CI)

p-value

Diarrhea -number of visits recorded

         

 None (n = 738 infants)

-1.76 (1.17)

Ref.

 

-1.36 (1.09)

Ref.

 

-0.62 (1.20)

Ref.

 

 1 visit (n = 196 infants)

-2.09 (1.10)

-0.04

(-0.21, 0.13)

0.63

-1.59 (1.03)

-0.65

(-1.21, -0.08)

0.02

-0.70 (1.12)

-0.26

(-0.44, -0.08)

0.004

 2 + visits** (n = 56 infants)

-2.26 (1.29)

-0.07

(-0.41, 0.27)

0.69

-1.52 (1.34)

-0.60

(-2.07, 0.86)

0.42

-0.47 (1.22)

-0.09

(-0.42, 0.23)

0.58

Fever–number of visits recorded

         

 None (n = 682 infants)

-1.80 (1.17)

Ref.

 

-1.34 (1.10)

  

-2.02 (1.25)

Ref.

 

 1 visit (n = 272 infants)

-1.92 (1.46)

0.08

(-0.07, 0.24)

0.30

-1.46 (1.02)

-0.02

(-0.17, 0.12)

0.75

-1.65 (1.21)

-0.07

(-0.23, 0.09)

0.38

 2 + visits*** (n = 123 infants)

-2.02 (1.25)

0.11

(-0.14, 0.33)

0.42

-1.65 (1.21)

-0.17

(-0.40, 0.05)

0.14

-0.83 (1.28)

-0.31

(-0.54, -0.07)

0.01

  1. * Adjusted for study site, study visit week, maternal age, maternal education, parity, household wealth quintile, household water source, household sanitation, gestational age and birthweight-for-gestational age category (term-SGA, preterm-AGA, preterm-SGA and preterm-LGA) and infant sex
  2. **48 infants had two visits with diarrhea reported, 6 infants had three visits with diarrhea reported, and 2 infants had four visits reported with diarrhea
  3. ***87 infants had two visits with fever reported, 26 had three visits with fever reported, 5 infants had four visits with fever reported, 4 infants had 5 visits with fever reported and 1 infant had fever reported at six visits