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

Table 6

Association between birth history of the children and severity of intellectual disability.

Variables	Severe/profound		Mild/moderate		OR	95% CI		test
		%		%		Lower	Upper	value
Place of deliver for the baby
Health facility	22	28.6%	55	71.4%	1.00
Home	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	UD	UD	UD	0.100
Gestational age when the child born
From 33–37 weeks	7	31.8%	15	68.2%	1.43	0.49	4.17	0.510
Over 37 weeks	15	24.6%	46	75.4%	1.00
Labor complications
Yes	18	39.1%	28	60.9%	5.46	1.66	18.02	0.003
No	4	10.5%	34	89.5%	1.00
Mode of delivery
Spontaneous vaginal delivery	11	17.7%	51	82.3%	1.00
Cesarean section	11	50.0%	11	50.0%	4.64	1.61	13.38	0.005
Birth weight
<2.5 kg	5	27.8%	13	72.2%	1.11	0.34	3.57	0.863
2.5 Kg and above	17	25.8%	49	74.2%	1.00
Apgar score at birth
<7/10 (did not cry)	17	38.6%	27	61.4%	4.41	1.44	13.46	0.007
>7/10 (cried immediately)	5	12.5%	35	87.5%	1.00
Whether the baby was resuscitated at birth
Yes	16	40.0%	24	60.0%	4.22	1.45	12.29	0.006
No	6	13.6%	38	86.4%	1.00

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; = chi-square; UD = undefined.