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Table 3 Bayley-III cognition composite score at 18–24 months of corrected age according to baseline characteristics of the premature infants (n = 67)

From: Association of uncoordinated sucking pattern with developmental outcome in premature infants: a retrospective analysis

  

n

Mean

SD

p Value

Respiratory distress syndrome

Yes

49

95.2

15.3

0.049

No

18

103.1

10.7

Small for gestational age

Yes

8

85.0

13.9

0.010

No

59

99.0

13.9

Moderate to severe BPD

Yes

23

89.1

16.5

0.001

No

44

101.6

11.5

Necrotizing enterocolitis

Yes

4

88.8

4.8

0.240

No

62

97.6

14.8

Sepsis

Yes

8

90.0

17.3

0.131

No

59

98.3

14.0

Pulmonary hypertension

Yes

6

95.8

21.8

0.796

No

61

97.5

13.9

Incoordination findings in NOMAS

Yes

21

90.0

17.9

0.005

No

46

100.7

11.5

Grades 3 or 4 GMH-IVH

Yes

3

71.7

14.4

0.001

No

64

98.5

13.5

  1. SD standard deviation, BPD bronchopulmonary dysplasia, NOMAS Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale, GMH-IVH germinal matrix hemorrhage–intraventricular hemorrhage