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Table 2 Bivariate Relationships Between Explanatory Variables and Vulnerability (Vulnerable vs. Not Vulnerable) on Five Developmental Health Domains Among Preschool-Aged Children in British Columbia, Canada, using Logistic Regression Model Reporting Crude Odds Ratios And 95% Confidence Intervals

From: Screen time and developmental health: results from an early childhood study in Canada

 

Physical

health and wellbeing

Social

competence

Emotional maturity

Language and cognitive development

Communication skills

 

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

Screen time

  > 1 h

1.86***

(1.46 - 2.37)

1.78***

(1.43 - 2.23)

1.62***

(1.31 - 1.99)

1.93***

(1.47 - 2.52)

1.74***

(1.35 - 2.23)

  ≤ 1 h

Reference

    

Sex

  Male

1.8***

(1.4 - 2.3)

2.85***

(2.24 - 3.63)

3.13***

(2.48 - 3.95)

1.4*

(1.07 - 1.83)

1.93***

(1.49 - 2.5)

  Female

Reference

    

Ethnicity

  European origins

0.91

(0.7 - 1.18)

0.75*

(0.59 - 0.94)

0.11

(1.16 - 1.16)

0.61**

(0.45 - 0.82)

0.4***

(0.3 - 0.53)

  Not Euro. origins

Reference

    

Annual household income

  < $75,000

2.2***

(1.68 - 2.89)

2.06***

(1.61 - 2.64)

1.77***

(1.41 - 2.23)

2.81***

(2.09 - 3.76)

2.26***

(1.66 - 3.08)

  ≥ $75,000

Reference

    

Population Centre

  Urban

0.84

(0.63 - 1.12)

1.01

(0.76 - 1.35)

0.84

(0.63 - 1.11)

0.81

(0.6 - 1.08)

1.43*

(1.07 - 1.9)

  Small to medium

Reference

    

Physical activity

  Nonparticipant

2.79***

(2.14 - 3.65)

2.14***

(1.66 - 2.75)

1.88***

(1.47 - 2.41)

2.73***

(2.03 - 3.65)

2.65***

(2.01 - 3.5)

  Participant

Reference

    

Sleep

  < 10 h

1.68**

(1.19 - 2.38)

1.79***

(1.31 - 2.46)

1.88***

(1.39 - 2.53)

2.21***

(1.54 - 3.16)

2.12***

(1.51 - 2.97)

  ≥ 10 h

Reference

    
  1. Notes. N = 2,818. ***p < 0.001. **p < 0.01. *p < 0.05. For each of the five developmental health domains, vulnerable is coded as 1 and not vulnerable is coded as 0