Caesarean Section Delivery and Risk of Poor Childhood Growth

Table 3

Predictors of height-for-age Z-score (HAZ).

Model	Standardized coefficients			95.0% confidence interval for β		Collinearity statistics
	Beta	T	Sig.	Lower bound	Upper bound	Tolerance	VIF
(Constant)		−9.326	<0.001	−16.42	−10.71
Gender of child	0.134	3.446	0.001	0.152	0.56	0.959	1.042
Height of mother	0.256	6.680	<0.001	0.042	0.08	0.985	1.015
Birth weight	0.359	9.098	<0.001	0.680	1.06	0.931	1.075
Age of child	−0.215	−5.567	<0.001	−0.08	−0.04	0.972	1.029
Mothers' age	0.106	2.441	0.015	0.04	0.41	0.763	1.310
Parity	0.371	3.419	0.001	0.25	0.93	0.123	8.104
Birth order	−0.457	−4.229	<0.001	−1.057	−0.39	0.124	8.055
(Constant)		−9.254	<0.001	−16.20	−10.525
Gender of child	0.133	3.440	0.001	0.15	0.55	0.959	1.042
Height of mother	0.245	6.401	<0.001	0.04	0.07	0.976	1.025
Birth weight	0.356	9.097	<0.001	0.68	1.05	0.930	1.075
Age of child	−0.206	−5.365	<0.001	−0.08	−0.04	0.966	1.035
Mothers' age	0.129	2.932	0.004	0.09	0.46	0.743	1.346
Parity	0.391	3.626	<0.001	0.29	0.96	0.123	8.133
Birth order	−0.491	−4.555	<0.001	−1.11	−0.44	0.123	8.137
Mode of delivery (vaginal)	0.121	3.108	0.002	0.12	0.52	0.949	1.054