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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2023 Feb 25;94(2):762–770. doi: 10.1038/s41390-023-02540-2

Table 4.

NNNS summary score means (SD) by profile NNNS, NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale.

Summary score Profile 1 Profile 2 Profile 3 Profile 4 Profile 5 “Hypo” Profile 6 “Hyper”
Attention −0.15 (.76) 1.38 (0.70) 0.24 (0.80) −0.30 (0.90) −0.54 (1.00) −0.65 (0.87)
Handling −0.50 (0.76) 0.12 (0.84) 0.52 (0.86) 0.94 (1.08) −0.20 (0.83) 0.98 (1.04)
Regulation 0.39 (0.57) 1.22 (0.69) −0.17 (0.74) −1.03 (0.67) −0.55 (0.67) −1.80 (0.70)
Arousal −0.39 (0.57) −0.70 (0.71) 0.63 (0.58) 1.61 (0.68) −0.50 (0.74) 1.59 (0.74)
Excitability −0.64 (0.44) −0.49 (0.49) 0.60 (0.54) 1.26 (0.57) −0.14 (0.50) 2.43 (0.63)
Lethargy 0.18 (0.82) −0.44 (0.66) −0.63 (0.72) −0.60 (0.94) 0.92 (1.08) −0.29 (1.02)
Hypertonicity −0.27 (0.55) 0.02 (0.98) 0.45 (1.39) 0.00 (1.02) −0.02 (0.85) 0.66 (1.63)
Hypotonicity −0.22 (0.62) −0.33 (0.44) 0.05 (0.97) −0.27 (0.60) 0.80 (1.61) 0.29 (1.15)
Nonoptimal reflexes −0.01 (0.87) −0.55 (0.80) −0.21 (0.82) −0.76 (0.87) 0.92 (0.94) 0.28 (1.08)
Asymmetric reflexes −0.21 (0.75) 0.58 (1.22) 0.51 (1.20) −0.67 (0.24) 0.03 (0.97) −0.26 (0.94)
Quality of movement 0.41 (0.69) 0.59 (0.80) −0.30 (0.95) 0.17 (0.80) −0.57 (0.74) −1.88 (0.87)
Stress/Abstinence −0.58 (0.67) 0.17 (0.81) 0.68 (0.93) −0.40 (0.91) 0.57 (0.83) 0.87 (1.19)
Prevalence of profile membership N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Full sample (N=1112) 462 (42%) 136 (12%) 178 (16%) 89 (8.0%) 178 (16%) 69 (6.2%)
Preterm (N=886) 396 (45%) 127 (14%) 136 (15%) 39 (4.4%) 154 (17%) 34 (3.8%)
Term (N=226) 66 (29%) 9 (4.0%) 42 (19%) 50 (22%) 24 (11%) 35 (15%)

NNNS, NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale.