Neurocognitive Functioning among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Attending SCA Clinic at MNH, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 3

Logistic regression on factors for impaired copy among SCA studied children attending MNH (n = 195).

Factor for impaired copy	Crude OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Age (yrs)
9 to 10	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
11 to 13	2.2 (1–4.7)	0.04	2.5 (0.9–7.1)	0.081
14 to 15	3.1 (1.3–7.2)	0.006	6.8 (2.2–21)	0.01
BMI
Normal	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
Underweight	2.1 (1–4.3)	0.042	2.6 (1.5–4.4)	<0.001
How many days you missed school?
Never	1 (ref)		1 (ref)
More than once	3.8 (1.9–11)	<0.001	3.3 (1.9–12.2)	<0.001