Journal article
Slower reaction times and impaired learning in young adults with birth weight <1500 g
S Strang-Karlsson, S Andersson, M Paile-Hyvärinen, D Darby, P Hovi, K Räikkönen, AK Pesonen, K Heinonen, AL Järvenpää, JG Eriksson, E Kajantie
Pediatrics | Published : 2010
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Children with very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) perform worse on cognitive tests than do children who are born at term. Whether this difference persists into adulthood has been little studied. We assessed core neurocognitive abilities (processing speed, working memory, attention, and learning capacity) in young adults with VLBW and in term-born control subjects. METHODS: In conjunction with the Helsinki Study of Very Low Birth Weight Adults, 147 VLBW and 171 control subjects who were aged 18 to 27 years and did not have neurosensory impairments performed a computerized test battery (CogState Ltd, Melbourne, Australia). T tests and linear regression models were used. Cohen's d ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "This study was funded by grants from the Academy of Finland; the Biomedicum Helsinki Foundation; the Finnish Concordia Foundation; Finska Lakaresallskapet; the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim; the Finnish Foundation for Pediatric Research; the Finnish Special Governmental Subsidy for Health Sciences; the Finnish National Graduate School of Clinical Investigation; the Jalmari and Rauha Ahokas Foundation; the Juho Vainio Foundation; the Novo Nordisk Foundation; the Paivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation; the Pediatric Graduate School and the Clinical Graduate School in Paediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, University of Helsinki; the Perklen Foundation; the Research Foundation for the Orion Corporation; the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation; the Sigrid Juselius Foundation; the Waldemar von Frenckell Foundation; Vasa Nation at Helsinki University; the Wilhelm and Else Stockmann Foundation; and the Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation.", "We owe our sincere gratitude to all participants of the study; to research nurses Paula Nyholm, Anne Kaski, Hilkka Puttonen, and Marita Suni; and to Sigrid Rosten for data management." ]