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Table 2 Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, 4th edition total and index scores and NEPSY-II subtest scores in 527 children 4 years of age by being socially withdrawn or not in infancy

From: Social withdrawal behaviour in Nepalese infants and the relationship with future neurodevelopment; a longitudinal cohort study

WPPSI-IV, 42–47 months

Infants with social withdrawal behaviour n = 61

Infants without social withdrawal behaviour n = 466

mean diff (95%CI)a

mean diff (95%CI)b

  

crude

Adjusteda

Full scale

84.3 (8.3)

84.8 (8.6)

-0.5 (-2.8, 1.8)

0.5 (-2.2, 2.3)

Verbal comprehension index

82.5 (6.5)

84.2 (8.0)

-1.7 (-3.8, 0.4)

-1.4 (-3.5, 0.7)

Visuo-spatial index

86.6 (8.4)

85.5 (8.4)

1.2 (-1.1, 3.4)

1.6 (-0.7, 3.9)

Working-memory index

102.0 (14.6)

103.8 (13.1)

-1.8 (-5.4, 1.7)

-0.9 (-4.4, 2.7)

NEPSY-II, 42–47 months

 Affect recognition

8.2 (2.0)

8.1 (2.0)

0.1 (-0.5, 0.6)

0.3 (-0.3, 0.8)

 Geometric puzzles

9.1 (2.9)

9.1 (2.8)

0.01 (-0.7, 0.8)

0.3 (-0.5, 1.0)

 Statue

9.8 (3.3)

10.3 (3.3)

-0.4 (-1.1, 0.4)

-0.3 (-1.2, 0.6)

  1. ageneralized linear models
  2. badjusted for age at ADBB measurement, whether family lives in a rented house, low birth weight and whether child is cared for by one of three regular carers when parents are away