Table 5
Associations with disability in later childhood
| Cohort 1 (1984-89) | Cohort 2 (1990-94) | Total (1984-94) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability (n=9) | None (n=15) | Disability (n=27) | None (n=13) | Disability (n=36) | None (n=28) | ||||||
| Gestational age (weeks): | |||||||||||
| 23 | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 2 (7%) | 1 (8%) | 2 (6%) | 1 (4%) | |||||
| 24 | 3 (33%) | 3 (20%) | 14 (52%) | 3 (23%) | 17 (47%) | 6 (21%) | |||||
| 25 | 6 (67%) | 12 (80%) | 11 (41%) | 9 (69%) | 17 (47%) | 21 (75%) | |||||
| Male sex | 5 (56%) | 8 (53%) | 12 (44%) | 6 (46%) | 17 (47%) | 14 (50%) | |||||
| Birthweight | 708.7* (119.4) | 809.9 (91.5) | 724.0 (133.7) | 776.6 (116.4) | 720.2*(128.8) | 795.0 (102.8) | |||||
| CRIB score | 9.9* (3.9) (8) | 5.9 (3.4) (12) | 8.6* (3.5) (22) | 5.8 (2.9) (8) | 8.9** (3.6) (30) | 5.9 (3.1) (20) | |||||
| Cranial ultrasound findings: | |||||||||||
| Significant | 3 (33%) | 6 (43%) | 8 (32%) | 1 (9%) | 11 (32%) | 7 (28%) | |||||
| Non-significant | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 18 | |||||
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Results are numbers of children or mean (SD). Levels of significance * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. Numbers of observations or percentages are shown in parentheses.
