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. 2009 May 9;373(9675):1615–1622. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60244-0

Table 4.

Proportion of low verbal, performance, and full-scale IQ scores for resuscitated infants, with or without symptoms of encephalopathy

Reference group* Resuscitated infants
p value
Asymptomatic (n=400) Symptoms of encephalopathy (n=26)
Low verbal IQ (n=5913) 253 (5%) 26 (7%) 2 (8%) 0·179
Low performance IQ (n=5907) 707 (13%) 52 (13%) 11 (42%) 0·0001
Low full-scale IQ (n=5887) 354 (7%) 39 (10%) 6 (23%) 0·0004

Data are number of infants (%). The percentages shown are based on the numbers in the individual groups rather than the whole group.

*

Verbal IQ n=5487; performance IQ n=5481; full-scale IQ n=5461.

p values compare all three groups.