Table 6.
Proportions (percentages) of children with low verbal IQ (<85*), cerebral palsy, or combination (low verbal IQ or cerebral palsy) according to diet in trial A† (standard term formula and preterm formula compared as sole diets)
| Detail | Milk formula
|
Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value by Fisher’s exact test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Preterm | |||
| No (%) with verbal IQ <85‡: | ||||
| All | 21/67 (31) | 9/66 (14) | 2.9 (1.2 to 6.9) | 0.022 |
| Boys | 16/34 (47) | 3/24 (13) | 6.2 (1.6 to 24.8) | 0.009 |
| Girls | 5/33 (15) | 6/42 (14) | 1.1 (0.2 to 3.9) | 1.0 |
| No (%) with verbal IQ <85 excluding children with cerebral palsy‡: | ||||
| All | 18/60 (30) | 9/65 (14) | 2.7 (1.1 to 6.5) | 0.03 |
| Boys | 13/29 (45) | 3/23 (13) | 5.4 (1.3 to 22.3) | 0.02 |
| Girls | 5/31 (16) | 6/42 (14) | 1.2 (0.3 to 4.2) | 1.0 |
| No (%) with cerebral palsy: | ||||
| All | 8/68 (12) | 1/67 (1.5) | 8.8 (1.1 to 72.4) | 0.03 |
| Boys | 6/35 (17) | 1/24 (4.2) | 4.7 (0.5 to 41.5) | 0.13 |
| Girls | 2/33 (6.1) | 0/43 | 0.19 | |
| No (%) with cerebral palsy or verbal IQ <85‡: | ||||
| All | 26/68(38) | 10/66 (15) | 3.4 (1.5 to 8.0) | 0.003 |
| Boys | 19/35 (54) | 4/24 (17) | 5.9 (1.7 to 21.0) | 0.004 |
| Girls | 7/33 (21) | 6/42 (14) | 1.6 (0.5 to 5.4) | 0.54 |
*
Weschler abbreviated scale, revised, see text.
†
See text for data on trials A and B combined.
‡
One child who did not have cerebral palsy could not be psychometrically assessed.