PMID- 35152174 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220404 LR - 20220405 IS - 1872-6232 (Electronic) IS - 0378-3782 (Linking) VI - 166 DP - 2022 Mar TI - Toddler motor performance and intelligence at school age in preterm born children: A longitudinal cohort study. PG - 105549 LID - S0378-3782(22)00012-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105549 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Current knowledge regarding differences in verbal intelligence scores (VIQ) and performance intelligence scores (PIQ) in preterm born children is limited. As early motor performance may be essential for developing later visual-perceptual and visual-motor skills, early motor performance may be associated with PIQ. AIMS: To evaluate whether in preterm born children motor performance at two years was associated with PIQ at eight years. METHODS: Single-centre cohort study including 88 children born <30 weeks' gestation between 2007 and 2011, who completed the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (BSID-III) at two years and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III-NL (WISC-III-NL) at eight years. Outcome measurements (mean (SD)) were gross and fine motor performance based on the BSID-III, and PIQ and VIQ based on the WISC-III-NL. Linear regression analysis was performed to evaluate the association between motor performance at two years and PIQ at eight years. RESULTS: At two years, mean BSID-III gross motor scaled score was 9.0 (SD 3.0) and fine motor score was 11.5 (SD 2.3). At eight years, mean PIQ was 94.9 (SD 13.5) and mean VIQ 101.8 (SD 13.7). A one-point increase in fine motor scaled score was associated with 1.7 points (95% CI 0.5-2.8) increase in PIQ. Gross motor scaled score was not associated with PIQ. CONCLUSIONS: Fine motor performance in toddlerhood was related to PIQ at school age, with lower scores indicating a lower PIQ. Early assessment of fine motor performance may be beneficial in identifying children at risk for lower performance intelligence. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Vermeulen, Kim AU - Vermeulen K AD - Department of Psychology, Maxima Medical Centre, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, the Netherlands. FAU - van Beek, Pauline E AU - van Beek PE AD - Department of Neonatology, Maxima Medical Centre, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, the Netherlands; Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center (e/MTIC), Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Electronic address: pauline.van.beek@mmc.nl. FAU - van der Horst, I E AU - van der Horst IE AD - Department of Neonatology, Maxima Medical Centre, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, the Netherlands. FAU - Pop, Victor J M AU - Pop VJM AD - Center of Research on Psychological and Somatic disorders (CoRPS), Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands. FAU - van Dam, Martine AU - van Dam M AD - Department of Physiotherapy, Maxima Medical Centre, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, the Netherlands. FAU - Vugs, Brigitte AU - Vugs B AD - Department of Psychology, Maxima Medical Centre, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, the Netherlands. FAU - Andriessen, Peter AU - Andriessen P AD - Department of Neonatology, Maxima Medical Centre, PO Box 7777, 5500 MB Veldhoven, the Netherlands; Department of Applied Physics, School of Medical Physics and Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220201 PL - Ireland TA - Early Hum Dev JT - Early human development JID - 7708381 SB - IM MH - Child, Preschool MH - Cohort Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Infant, Newborn MH - *Intelligence MH - Intelligence Tests MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - *Motor Skills MH - Wechsler Scales OTO - NOTNLM OT - Intelligence OT - Longitudinal OT - Motor performance OT - Performance IQ OT - Prematurity EDAT- 2022/02/14 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/05 06:00 CRDT- 2022/02/13 20:36 PHST- 2021/11/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/01/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/02/13 20:36 [entrez] AID - S0378-3782(22)00012-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105549 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Early Hum Dev. 2022 Mar;166:105549. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105549. Epub 2022 Feb 1.