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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2022 May 14;247:38–45.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.05.016

Table 2.

Structural and functional abnormalities at any time after birth, Pediatric Outcomes of Prenatal Zika Exposure study, Puerto Rico, 2017–2020.

Abnormalities n/N (%)

Microcephaly 1/97 (1.03)
Auditory brainstem response 0/31 (0)
Failure to thrive* 2/97 (2.06)
Possible visual impairment 17/97 (17.53)
 Pediatric assessment 3/97 (3.09)
 Instrument-based screening 14/69 (20.29)
Contractures 1/97 (1.03)
Seizures 3/97 (3.09)
Motor tone & function
 Hypotonia 32/97 (32.99)
 Hypertonia 8/97 (8.25)
 Both hypotonia/hypertonia 2/97 (2.06)
 Abnormal movements 7/97 (7.22)
 Tremors 14/97 (14.43)
 Abnormal posturing 7/97 (7.22)
Swallowing difficulties 8/97 (8.25)
Developmental risk or delay
 Parental report (ASQ-3), any domain in the first year 16/74 (21.62)
 Parental report (ASQ-3), any domain in the second year 29/60 (48.33)
 Parental report (ASQ-3), any domain in the third year 34/61 (55.74)
 Professional assessment (BSID-III), any domain in the second year 33/53 (62.26)
 Professional assessment (BSID-III), any domain in the third year 17/47 (36.17)
*

Height z-scores < −2 and weight or weight/height z-scores < −2.

Parental report.