Social variables predict gains in cognitive scores across the preschool years in children with birth weights 500 to 1250 grams

BJ Manley; RS Roberts; LW Doyle; B Schmidt; PJ Anderson; KJ Barrington; B Böhm; A Golan; AG Van Wassenaer-Leemhuis; PG Davis; J D'Ilario; J Cairnie; J Dix; BA Adams; E Warriner; MHM Kim; B Argus; C Callanan; J Duff; M McDonald; E Asztalos; D Hohn; M Lacy; R Haslam; C Barnett; L Goodchild; RM Lontis; S Fraser; J Keng; K Saunders; G Opie; E Kelly; H Woods; E Marchant; AM Turner; N Davis; E Magrath; A Williamson; A Bairam; S Belanger; A Fraser; M Blayney; B Lemyre; J Frank; A Solimano; A Synnes; RE Grunau; P Hubber-Richard; M Rogers; M Mackay; J Petrie-Thomas; A Butt; A Van Wassenaer; D Nuytemans; B Houtzager; L Van Sonderen; R Regev; N Itzchack; S Arnon; A Chalaf; A Ohlsson; K O'Brien; AM Hamilton; ML Chan; K Sankaran; P Proctor; E Goldsch-Lerman; G Reynolds; B Dromgool; S Meskell; V Parr; C Maher; M Broom; Z Kecskes; C Ringland; D McMillan; E Spellen; RS Sauve; H Christianson; D Anseeuw-Deeks; D Creighton; J Heath; R Alvaro; A Chiu; C Porter; G Turner; D Moddemann; N Granke; K Penner; J Bow; A Mulder; R Wassenberg; M Van Der Hoeven; M Clarke; J Parfitt; K Parker; C Nwaesei; H Ryan; C Saunders; A Schulze

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Social variables predict gains in cognitive scores across the preschool years in children with birth weights 500 to 1250 grams

BJ Manley, RS Roberts, LW Doyle, B Schmidt, PJ Anderson, KJ Barrington, B Böhm, A Golan, AG Van Wassenaer-Leemhuis, PG Davis, J D'Ilario, J Cairnie, J Dix, BA Adams, E Warriner, MHM Kim, B Argus, C Callanan, J Duff, M McDonald Show all

Journal of Pediatrics | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.016

Abstract

Objective To determine the extent that social variables influence cognitive development of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants across the preschool years. Study design Participants were VLBW (500-1250 g) children enrolled in the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity randomized trial between 1999 and 2004. We investigated the relationships between 4 potential social advantages: higher maternal education, higher paternal education, caregiver employment, and 2 biologic parents in the same home'and gain in cognitive scores. Cognitive assessments were performed at the corrected ages of 18 months (Mental Development Index score on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II) and 5 years (Full Scale IQ..

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Brett J. Manley Author

Peter Davis Author

Lex Doyle Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MCT 13288) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia; 108706). B.S., L.D., and K.B. received travel and related expenses for attending scientific meetings from Chiesi Pharmaceuticals. B.S. received a speakers' honorarium from the Nemours Foundation. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.