Impact of early term and late preterm birth on infants’ neurodevelopment: evidence from a cohort study in Wuhan, China

Table 2 Associations of late preterm birth and early term birth with DQ of different neurodevelopmental domains

Variables	DQ		P^*	β	95% CI for β		P^**
Variables	mean	SD	P^*	β	Lower	Upper	P^**
Gross motor DQ
Late Preterm	81.66	22.48	< 0.01	−17.42	−21.15	−13.69	< 0.01
Early Term	100.87	21.64		−0.25	−1.70	1.21	0.74
Full Term	101.64	21.82		0.00
Fine motor DQ
Late Preterm	82.54	20.89	< 0.01	−23.61	−28.52	−18.69	< 0.01
Early Term	105.63	28.93		−2.01	−3.93	−0.09	0.04
Full Term	108.14	28.95		0.00
Adaptability DQ
Late Preterm	75.94	21.55	< 0.01	−10.10	−13.82	−6.38	< 0.01
Early Term	85.88	21.54		−0.41	−1.87	1.04	0.58
Full Term	86.49	21.75		0.00
Language DQ
Late Preterm	81.21	22.78	< 0.01	−6.28	−9.82	−2.74	< 0.01
Early Term	87.63	20.17		−0.59	−1.98	0.79	0.40
Full Term	88.40	20.73		0.00
Social behavior development DQ
Late Preterm	81.75	22.56	< 0.01	−5.99	−9.59	−2.39	< 0.01
Early Term	88.13	20.12		−0.89	−2.29	0.52	0.22
Full Term	89.16	21.28		0.00

P^*, one-way analysis of variance; P^**, generalized linear model analysis, adjusted for parental education level, the number of prenatal examinations, parity, mode of delivery, infant’s gender, birth weight, neonatal asphyxia and feeding pattern

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