Table 7 British Ability Scale (BAS) II performance in association with neonatal retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) status.
| Neonatal ROP status | Number tested | General conceptual ability standard score | Spatial ability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | No. (%) with score <85* | Mean (SD) | No. (%) with score <85* | ||
| All children | 198 | 93.0 (18.2) | 56 (28.3) | 96 (17.4) | 49 (25) |
| ROP status | |||||
| None | 92 | 92 (17.2) | 28 (30.4) | 95.9 (16.4) | 20 (21.7) |
| Stage 1 | 67 | 96.1 (18.9) | 17 (25.4) | 98.4 (17.9) | 17 (25.4) |
| Stage 2 | 31 | 93.1 (16.6) | 6 (19.4) | 93.6 (17.5) | 8 (25.8) |
| Stage 3/4 | 8 | 79.3 (24.4) | 5 (62.5) | 84.4 (22.8) | 4 (50.0) |
| p Value (one‐way analysis of variance | 0.078 | 0.174 | |||
*More than 1 SD below mean.