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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Child Neurol Soc. 2023 Jan 27;1(1):53–65. doi: 10.1002/cns3.8

Table 2.

Neonatal characteristics and neurologic outcome of subjects with perinatal brain injury

HIE Stroke ICH



Neonatal characteristics (n = 57) (n = 18) (n = 9)
Male, n (%) 30 (53) 9 (50) 6 (67)
Gestational age, w, median (IQR) 39 (38, 40) 38 (38, 40) 39 (39, 40)
Birth weight, kg, median (IQR) 3.2 (3.0, 3.6) 3.3 (3.1, 3.4) 3.5 (2.9, 3.6)
Race, n (%)
 White 38 (83) 12 (86) 8 (100)
 Black/African American 5 (11) 2 (14) 0
 Other 3 (7) 0 0
 Unreported 11 4 1
Ethnicity, Hispanic or Latino, n (%) 11 (19) 3 (17) 0
Received therapeutic hypothermia, n (%) 49 (86) 0 0
Clinical or EEG-confirmed neonatal seizures, n (%) 33 (58) 18 (100) 8 (89)
Neonatal seizure burden, min/hr, median (IQR) 0.0 (0.0, 3.1) 1.5 (0.8, 3.6) 3.4 (0.1, 5.5)
Neonatal status epilepticus, n (%) 9 (16) 4 (22) 2 (22)
EEG duration, hr, median (IQR) 74.5 (52.1, 92.0) 57.7 (48.1, 80.5) 83.4 (71.3, 105.5)
Neurodevelopmental testing (n = 46) (n = 16) (n = 7)
Age at testing, m, median (IQR) 20 (18, 22) 18 (18, 20) 19 (18, 22)
Bayley-III Composite Scores, mean ± SD
 Cognitive 93.2 ± 17.9 97.7 ± 8.6 96.4 ± 9.9
 Language 90.4 ± 18.5 92.5 ± 12.3 92.1 ± 10.1
 Motor 92.5 ± 18.6 93.3 ± 12.3 97.4 ± 7.8
Vineland-II Composite Scores, mean ± SD
 Adaptive Behavior 90.0 ± 17.6 93.7 ± 10.1 93.0 ± 4.5
 Communication 88.7 ± 17.7 93.3 ± 12.3 91.3 ± 6.5
 Motor Skills 92.6 ± 24.1 95.3 ± 11.9 97.2 ± 7.3
Post-neonatal outcome, n/total (%)
Post-neonatal seizure(s) 8/56 (14) 4/18 (22) 1/9 (11)
Confirmed SNHL 3/57 (5) 0/18 (0) 0/9 (0)
Suspected or confirmed CVI 3/50 (6) 0/18 (0) 0/8 (0)
Abnormal neurologic outcome 13/42 (31) 4/17 (24) 1/8 (13)

Abbreviations: HIE, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; SNHL, sensorineural hearing loss; CVI, cerebral visual impairment