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

Table 3

Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics of children and severity of intellectual disability.

Variables	Severe/profound		Mild/moderate		OR	95% CI		test
		%		%		Lower	Upper	value
Age in years
2 to 3	8	42.1%	11	57.9%	2.10	0.64	6.87	0.219
4 to 5	5	16.7%	25	83.3%	0.58	0.17	1.96	0.379
6 and above	9	25.7%	26	74.3%	1.00
Gender
Male	12	23.5%	39	76.5%	0.71	0.26	1.90	0.490
Female	10	30.3%	23	69.7%	1.00
Family setup
Both parents	15	23.4%	49	76.6%	1.00
Single mother	7	38.9%	11	61.1%	2.08	0.69	6.31	0.196
Number of children in the family
1 child	9	19.1%	38	80.9%	1.00
2 children	6	28.6%	15	71.4%	1.69	0.51	5.57	0.389
3-4 children	7	43.8%	9	56.3%	3.28	0.96	11.19	0.057
Siblings’ history of intellectual disability
Yes	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0.94	0.09	9.50	0.956
No	21	26.3%	59	73.8%	1.00

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; = Chi-square.