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Table 2 Multilevel linear model of the longitudinal relationship from 6 to 18Ā months between AF-alb and infant growth z scores

From: Impaired growth in rural Gambian infants exposed to aflatoxin: a prospective cohort study

Item

Final model LAZ

Final model WAZ

Final model WLZ

Fixed effects

Coef. (95%CI)

Coef. (95%CI)

Coef. (95%CI)

Intercept

āˆ’0Ā·12 (āˆ’0Ā·56, 0Ā·32)

āˆ’0Ā·83 (āˆ’1Ā·28, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·39)***

āˆ’0Ā·77 (āˆ’1Ā·22, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·32)***

Time point

āˆ’0Ā·33 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·39, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·26)***

āˆ’0Ā·22 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·28, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·16)***

āˆ’0Ā·15 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·23, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·07)***

lnAF-alb

āˆ’0Ā·04 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·08, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·01)*

āˆ’0Ā·05 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·09, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·02)**

āˆ’0Ā·06 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·10, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·02)**

Season

ā€ƒWet

Reference

Reference

Reference

ā€ƒDry

āˆ’0Ā·07 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·14, āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·00)*

0.16 (0Ā·09, 0Ā·24)***

0Ā·29 (0Ā·20, 0Ā·38)***

Supplementation group

ā€ƒLNSā€‰+ā€‰MMN

Reference

Reference

Reference

ā€ƒLNS

āˆ’0Ā·17 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·37, 0Ā·02)

āˆ’0Ā·18 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·38, 0Ā·02)

āˆ’0Ā·12 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·32, 0Ā·07)

Breastfeeding

ā€ƒAge (months) of introduction of non-breast milk foods

āˆ’0Ā·01 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·09, 0Ā·07)

0Ā·03 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·05, 0Ā·11)

0Ā·04 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·04, 0Ā·11)

Motherā€™s household quality

ā€ƒLow

Reference

Reference

Reference

ā€ƒMed

0Ā·35 (0Ā·13, 0Ā·58)**

0Ā·37 (0Ā·14, 0Ā·60)**

0Ā·27 (0Ā·04, 0Ā·50)*

ā€ƒHigh

0Ā·23 (āˆ’0Ā·03, 0Ā·49)

0Ā·36 (0Ā·10, 0Ā·62)**

0Ā·31 (0Ā·05, 0Ā·57)*

Random effects

Var (95% CI)

Var (95% CI)

Var (95% CI)

Var (Intercept)

0Ā·82 (0Ā·63, 1Ā·06)

0Ā·91 (0Ā·70, 1Ā·18)

1Ā·06 (0Ā·78, 1Ā·44)

Var (Time point)

0Ā·04 (0Ā·02, 0Ā·08)

0Ā·00 (0Ā·00, 0Ā·35)

0Ā·02 (0Ā·00, 0Ā·18)

Cov (Intercept, timepoint)

-0Ā·05 (āˆ’0Ā·11, 0Ā·02)

-0Ā·03 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·09, 0Ā·04)

-0Ā·09 (āˆ’ā€‰0Ā·20, 0Ā·01)

Residual

0Ā·20 (0Ā·17, 0Ā·23)

0Ā·22 (0Ā·18, 0Ā·25)

0Ā·34 (0Ā·29, 0Ā·40)

  1. Analysed using multilevel linear regression modelling with a random intercept and random slope. Final models fitted using maximum likelihood estimation. ***Pā€‰<ā€‰0Ā·001, **Pā€‰<ā€‰0Ā·01, *Pā€‰<ā€‰0Ā·05