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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2009 Dec 7;125(1):e90–e98. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-0204

Table 3.

Means and Standard Deviations of NNNS Summary Scores by 5 Profiles (N=1248)

NNNS Summary Scores Profile 1 (n=276, 22.1%) Profile 2 (n=409, 32.8%) Profile 3 (n=217, 17.4%) Profile 4 (n=274, 22.0%) Profile 5 (n=72, 5.8%) P<
Attention 6.12 (1.29) 5.35 (1.22) 4.57 (1.20) 5.37 (1.40) 4.66 (1.49) .001
Handling 0.23 (0.21) 0.61 (0.24) 0.72 (0.20) 0.56 (0.27) 0.76 (0.21) .001
Self Regulation 6.00 (0.55) 5.28 (0.50) 4.12 (0.53) 4.73 (0.52) 3.63 (0.53) .001
Arousal 3.58 (0.40) 4.32 (0.42) 4.98 (0.45) 4.58 (0.50) 5.55 (0.45) .001
Excitability 1.27 (1.08) 3.76 (1.32) 7.08 (1.36) 5.81 (1.36) 9.61 (1.35) .001
Lethargy 3.86 (1.82) 3.19 (1.77) 3.12 (2.20) 2.98 (2.20) 2.76 (2.15) .001
Hypertonicity 0.28 (0.54) 0.29 (0.58) 0.45 (0.74) 0.98 (1.16) 1.88 (1.63) .001
Hypotonicity 0.34 (0.68) 0.11 (0.34) 0.01 (0.10) 0.47 (0.77) 0.25 (0.52) .001
Non-Optimal Reflexes 5.00 (1.72) 3.91 (1.65) 2.70 (1.84) 6.35 (1.72) 5.57 (2.56) .001
Asymmetric Reflexes 0.98 (1.18) 0.89 (1.17) 0.69 (1.05) 0.95 (1.16) 0.51 (0.82) .001
Quality of Movement 4.86 (0.54) 4.79 (0.53) 4.03 (0.64) 4.06 (0.64) 2.94 (0.62) .001
Stress Abstinence 0.12 (0.07) 0.15 (0.07) 0.21 (0.07) 0.22 (0.07) 0.34 (0.11) .001