PMID- 9692793
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19981008
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 0378-3782 (Print)
IS  - 0378-3782 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 1998 Jul 10
TI  - Neurobehavioral development at term in very low-birthweight infants and normal 
      term infants in Taiwan.
PG  - 235-45
AB  - We compared the neurobehavioral performance at term between very low-birthweight 
      (VLBW) infants and term infants in Taiwan, and investigated the relationships 
      between neonatal factors and neurobehavioral performance in VLBW infants. Sixty 
      VLBW infants and 58 healthy term infants were examined using the Neonatal 
      Neurobehavioral Examination-Chinese version (NNE-C) at 40 weeks postmenstrual 
      age. Medical records of the VLBW infants were reviewed to assess neonatal 
      factors. The mean total score of the preterm infants (67.4+/-5.0) was 
      significantly lower than that of the term infants (73.8+/-3.0) (t = 8.51, P < 
      0.0001). Furthermore, respiratory illness had a marginal effect on the rate of 
      low neurobehavioral score (defined as 2SD below the mean score of term infants) 
      in the preterm infants after adjustment for gestational age (odds ratio = 7.67, 
      chi2 = 3.36, P = 0.067). Our findings indicate that preterm infants have lower 
      neurobehavioral scores at term than their healthy term counterparts. Furthermore, 
      respiratory illness may be a potential risk factor for low neurobehavioral score 
      at term in preterm infants when gestational age is adjusted for.
FAU - Jeng, S F
AU  - Jeng SF
AD  - School of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 
      Taipei. jeng@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
FAU - Yau, K I
AU  - Yau KI
FAU - Teng, R J
AU  - Teng RJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Early Hum Dev
JT  - Early human development
JID - 7708381
SB  - IM
MH  - Apgar Score
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Infant, Premature
MH  - Infant, Very Low Birth Weight/*psychology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - *Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Respiratory Tract Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Taiwan/epidemiology
EDAT- 1998/08/06 00:00
MHDA- 1998/08/06 00:01
CRDT- 1998/08/06 00:00
PHST- 1998/08/06 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/08/06 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/08/06 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0378-3782(98)00035-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0378-3782(98)00035-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Early Hum Dev. 1998 Jul 10;51(3):235-45. doi: 10.1016/s0378-3782(98)00035-8.