Table 4 Multilevel analysis of achievement the highest category in exposed and unexposed children.

From: Maternal exposure to a high-magnitude earthquake during pregnancy influences pre-reading skills in early childhood

Reading precursors

Multilevel adjusted OR

95% CI

p-value

Multilevel adjusted OR

95% CI

p-value

Listening comprehension

Exposed

0.43

0.37–0.50

< 0.001

   

Female

1.06

0.92–1.22

0.389

   

Exposed 1 T

   

0.40

0.31–0.50

< 0.001

Exposed 2 T

   

0.44

0.35–0.54

< 0.001

Exposed 3 T

   

0.47

0.37–0.61

< 0.001

Female

   

1.06

0.92–1.23

0.386

Print knowledge

Exposed

0.54

0.46–0.63

< 0.001

   

Female

1.25

1.08–1.44

0.003

   

Exposed 1 T

   

0.39

0.30–0.50

< 0.001

Exposed 2 T

   

0.68

0.55–0.86

0.001

Exposed 3 T

   

0.55

0.42–0.72

< 0.001

Female

   

1.25

1.08–1.45

0.003

Alphabet

Exposed

0.29

0.24–0.34

< 0.001

   

Female

1.16

1.00–1.35

0.045

   

Exposed 1 T

   

0.27

0.19–0.32

< 0.001

Exposed 2 T

   

0.37

0.29–0.46

< 0.001

Exposed 3 T

   

0.24

0.18–0.33

< 0.001

Female

   

1.16

1.00–1.34

0.046

Print awareness

Exposed

0.74

0.63–0.85

< 0.001

   

Female

1.09

0.94–1.25

0.253

   

Exposed 1 T

   

0.64

0.51–0.81

< 0.001

Exposed 2 T

   

0.80

0.64–0.99

0.038

Exposed 3 T

   

0.77

0.60–0.99

0.046

Female

   

1.09

0.94–1.25

0.243

Vocabulary

Exposed

0.57

0.50–0.65

< 0.001

   

Female

1.03

0.90–1.17

0.709

   

Exposed 1 T

   

0.49

0.40–0.61

< 0.001

Exposed 2 T

   

0.57

0.46–0.69

< 0.001

Exposed 3 T

   

0.68

0.54–0.86

0.001

Female

   

1.03

0.90–1.17

0.707

  1. T1: exposure in the first trimester of gestation; T2: exposure in the second trimester of gestation; T3: exposure in the third trimester of gestation.