TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurocognitive function of 10-year-old multiples born less than 28 weeks of gestational age
AU - for the ELGAN Study Investigators
AU - Logan, J. Wells
AU - Allred, Elizabeth N.
AU - Msall, Michael E.
AU - Joseph, Robert M.
AU - O’Shea, T. Michael
AU - Heeren, Timothy
AU - Leviton, Alan
AU - Kuban, Karl C.K.
AU - Ware, Janice
AU - Coster, Taryn
AU - Henson, Brandi
AU - Wilson, Rachel
AU - McGhee, Kirsten
AU - Lee, Patricia
AU - Asgarian, Aimee
AU - Sadhwani, Anjali
AU - Perrin, Ellen
AU - Neger, Emily
AU - Mattern, Kathryn
AU - Walkowiak, Jenifer
AU - Barron, Susan
AU - Frazier, Jean
AU - Venuti, Lauren
AU - Powers, Beth
AU - Foley, Ann
AU - Dessureau, Brian
AU - Wood, Molly
AU - Damon-Minow, Jill
AU - Ehrenkranz, Richard
AU - Benjamin, Jennifer
AU - Romano, Elaine
AU - Tsatsanis, Kathy
AU - Chawarska, Katarzyna
AU - Kim, Sophy
AU - Dieterich, Susan
AU - Bearrs, Karen
AU - Peters, Nancy
AU - Brown, Patricia
AU - Ansusinha, Emily
AU - Waldrep, Ellen
AU - Friedman, Jackie
AU - Hounshell, Gail
AU - Allred, Debbie
AU - Engelke, Stephen C.
AU - Darden-Saad, Nancy
AU - Stainback, Gary
AU - Warner, Diane
AU - Wereszczak, Janice
AU - Bernhardt, Janice
AU - McKeeman, Joni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Nature America, Inc.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Introduction: Few studies have examined the relationship between birth plurality and neurocognitive function among children born extremely preterm. Study design: We compared rates of Z-scores ≤−2 on 18 tests of neurocognitive function and academic achievement at age 10 years in 245 children arising from twin pregnancies, 55 from triplet pregnancies, and 6 from a septuplet pregnancy to that of 568 singletons, all of whom were born before the 28th week of gestation. Results: In total, 874 children were evaluated at the age of 10 years. After adjusting for confounders, children of multifetal pregnancies performed significantly better on one of six subtests of executive function than their singleton peers. Performance was similar on all other assessments of intelligence, language, academic achievement, processing speed, visual perception, and fine motor skills. Conclusion: We found no evidence that children born of multifetal pregnancies had worse scores than their singleton peers on assessments of neurocognitive and academic function.
AB - Introduction: Few studies have examined the relationship between birth plurality and neurocognitive function among children born extremely preterm. Study design: We compared rates of Z-scores ≤−2 on 18 tests of neurocognitive function and academic achievement at age 10 years in 245 children arising from twin pregnancies, 55 from triplet pregnancies, and 6 from a septuplet pregnancy to that of 568 singletons, all of whom were born before the 28th week of gestation. Results: In total, 874 children were evaluated at the age of 10 years. After adjusting for confounders, children of multifetal pregnancies performed significantly better on one of six subtests of executive function than their singleton peers. Performance was similar on all other assessments of intelligence, language, academic achievement, processing speed, visual perception, and fine motor skills. Conclusion: We found no evidence that children born of multifetal pregnancies had worse scores than their singleton peers on assessments of neurocognitive and academic function.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85056881754
U2 - 10.1038/s41372-018-0273-x
DO - 10.1038/s41372-018-0273-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 30464222
AN - SCOPUS:85056881754
SN - 0743-8346
VL - 39
SP - 237
EP - 247
JO - Journal of Perinatology
JF - Journal of Perinatology
IS - 2
ER -