Risk Factors Associated with Severity of Nongenetic Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation) among Children Aged 2–18 Years Attending Kenyatta National Hospital
Table 8
Association of infant and childhood medical history with severity of intellectual disability.
Variables
Severe/profound
Mild/moderate
OR
95% CI
test
%
%
Lower
Upper
value
Immunization history
Fully immunized
20
25.0%
60
75.0%
1.00
Not fully immunized
2
50.0%
2
50.0%
3.00
0.40
22.71
0.287
Suffer from any disease
Yes
10
22.7%
34
77.3%
0.69
0.26
1.82
0.449
No
12
30.0%
28
70.0%
History of meningitis
Yes
6
20.0%
24
80.0%
0.59
0.20
1.73
0.336
No
16
29.6%
38
70.4%
History of encephalitis
Yes
0
0.0%
6
100.0%
UD
UD
UD
0.130
No
22
28.2%
56
71.8%
1.00
History of cerebral malaria
Yes
2
66.7%
1
33.3%
6.10
0.53
70.90
0.104
No
20
24.7%
61
75.3%
1.00
History of head injury
Yes
2
18.2%
9
81.8%
0.59
0.12
2.96
0.571
No
20
27.4%
53
72.6%
1.00
History of severe malnutrition
Yes
3
23.1%
10
76.9%
0.82
0.20
3.31
0.781
No
19
26.8%
52
73.2%
1.00
Breastfeeding history
Breastfeed < 1 month
1
33.3%
2
66.7%
1.14
0.09
14.78
0.919
Breastfeed 1–24 months
13
22.8%
44
77.2%
0.68
0.23
1.99
0.477
Breastfeed > 24 months
7
30.4%
16
69.6%
1.00
OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; = chi-square.
