Table 2.
Third trimester | Delivery | |||||||||||
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Anaemia (Hb<110 g/l) (n 59) | Normal Hb (Hb=110–130 g/l) (n 138) | Haemoconcentration risk (Hb>130 g/l) (n 13) | Anaemia (Hb<110 g/l) (n 45) | Normal Hb (Hb=110– 130 g/l) (n 140) | Haemoconcentration risk (Hb>130 g/l) (n 25) | |||||||
Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
NBAS clusters | ||||||||||||
Habituation | 7·8 | 1·2 | 7·5 | 1·5 | 7·6 | 1·1 | 7·4 | 1·7 | 7·7 | 1·2 | 7·3 | 1·6 |
Orientation | 5·6 | 1·6 | 5·8 | 1·6 | 5·2 | 1·1 | 5·8 | 1·6 | 5·8 | 1·6 | 5·4 | 2·2 |
Motor | 5·4 | 0·8 | 5·3 | 1·0 | 5·1 | 0·8 | 5·3 | 0·9 | 5·3 | 0·9 | 5·3 | 1·0 |
State organization | 3·6 | 1·1 | 3·8 | 0·9 | 3·9 | 0·8 | 3·9 | 0·9 | 3·7 | 1·0 | 3·9 | 0·6 |
State regulation* | 5·8 | 1·4 | 5·8 | 1·5 | 4·6 | 2·0 | 5·9 | 1·4 | 5·8 | 1·5 | 5·1 | 1·7 |
Autonomic stability | 7·2 | 0·9 | 7·1 | 1·1 | 6·9 | 1·4 | 7·3 | 0·8 | 7·1 | 1·1 | 7·1 | 1·2 |
NBAS supplementary items | ||||||||||||
Alertness | 5·2 | 2·3 | 5·4 | 2·2 | 3·9 | 2·9 | 5·4 | 2·3 | 5·3 | 2·3 | 4·6 | 2·6 |
Effort to keep attention | 5·8 | 2·1 | 5·7 | 1·8 | 4·5 | 1·8 | 6·0 | 1·8 | 5·7 | 1·9 | 4·9 | 2·0 |
Examiner facilitation | 5·4 | 2·2 | 5·5 | 2·1 | 4·5 | 2·7 | 5·3 | 2·1 | 5·5 | 2·1 | 5·0 | 2·5 |
General irritability | 5·6 | 2·5 | 5·7 | 2·2 | 4·3 | 2·7 | 5·8 | 2·3 | 5·7 | 2·3 | 4·6 | 2·3 |
Robustness endurance | 5·8 | 2·4 | 5·6 | 2·3 | 4·3 | 2·6 | 5·6 | 2·6 | 5·7 | 2·2 | 4·8 | 2·5 |
State regulation | 6·1 | 2·5 | 6·2 | 2·1 | 5·1 | 2·8 | 6·2 | 2·3 | 6·2 | 2·2 | 5·8 | 2·4 |
Examiner’s emotional response | 6·1 | 2·3 | 6·1 | 2·1 | 5·1 | 2·4 | 6·1 | 2·1 | 6·0 | 2·2 | 5·7 | 2·3 |
NBAS, Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.
Significant P values from Bonferroni post hoc analysis: normal Hb group v. haemoconcentration risk group (P=0·020).