Table 2: Results of the logistic regression of a child showing a score above the median; a negative sign demonstrates a diminished probability.
Parameter
Coefficient
Standard
Wald
()
error
Intercept
−1.5406
3.4667
0.1975
0.6568
Sex
0.1659
0.2940
0.3184
0.5726
Age
0.0639
0.2216
0.0832
0.7731
Birth weight
−0.00010
0.000286
0.1169
0.7325
W/H-Z score
0.2268
0.1457
2.4229
0.1196
W/A-Z score
−0.2695
0.2180
1.5295
0.2162
TCV-EtHg
−0.0157
0.00583
7.2714
0.0070
HHg
−0.0694
0.0537
1.6691
0.1964
Breastfeeding score
−0.00655
0.00339
3.7265
0.0536
W/H: weight for height; W/A: weight for age; VCT-EtHg: thimerosal-containing vaccine-ethylmercury; HHg: hair mercury; breastfeeding score = age of infant in days/breastfeeding days × 100.