Risk Factors Associated with Severity of Nongenetic Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation) among Children Aged 2–18 Years Attending Kenyatta National Hospital

Table 10

Factors associated with severity of intellectual disability among children.

Variable	COR	95% CI		value	AOR	95% CI
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Labor complications
Yes	5.46	1.66	18.02	0.003	9.45	1.23	113.29	0.036
No	1.00				1.00
Mode of delivery
Spontaneous vaginal delivery	1.00				1.00
Cesarean section	4.64	1.61	13.38	0.005	3.48	0.59	20.56	0.169
APGAR score at birth
<7/10	4.41	1.44	13.46	0.007	9.15	0.47	179.54	0.145
>7/10	1.00				1.00
Whether the baby was resuscitated at birth
Yes	4.22	1.45	12.29	0.006	0.08	0.00	3.37	0.186
No	1.00				1.00
Any neonatal difficulties/complications at birth
Yes	5.57	1.49	20.75	0.006	2.13	0.10	46.61	0.631
No	1.00				1.00
Whether the baby was admitted in NICU
Yes	6.66	2.01	22.03	0.001	8.09	2.11	31.07	0.002
No	1.00				1.00
Neonatal breathing difficulty
Yes	2.97	1.08	8.15	0.031	0.26	0.02	2.92	0.272
No	1.00				1.00
Neonatal feeding difficulties
Yes	3.86	1.23	12.09	0.016	0.52	0.09	3.23	0.486
No	1.00				1.00
Cerebral palsy
Yes	18.18	3.88	85.14	0.001	21.18	4.18	107.40	≤0.001
No	1.00				1.00
Took any drugs during pregnancy
Yes	4.17	1.46	11.87	0.006	3.92	0.70	21.97	0.120
No	1.00				1.00
Living in environment where people smoke
Yes	0.18	0.06	0.55	0.001	0.09	0.11	1.31	0.092
No	1.00				1.00

COR = crude odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.