Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Apr;35(4):405–416. doi: 10.1002/uog.7554

Table 1.

Study enrolment and follow-up of fetuses according to ventriculomegaly (VM) group

All Group 1 Normal Group 2 Isolated VM, 10–12 mm Group 3 Isolated VM, >12 mm Group 4 Other CNS findings
Total 314 32 133 32 117
 Lost from standardized postnatal follow-up due to:
  Elective termination 52 0 7 5 40
  Stillbirth/spontaneous pregnancy loss 5 0 2 0 3
  Neonatal demise 4 0 0 0 4
Live birth surviving neonatal period (% of Total) 253 (81) 32 (100) 124 (93) 27 (84) 70 (60)
 Lost from study due to postnatal exclusion* 17 1 6 1 9
Available for postnatal enrollment 236 31 118 26 61
 Lost to follow-up or declined postnatal testing 93 16 47 9 21
Postnatal neurodevelopmental testing (% of those available for postnatal enrollment) 143 (60) 15 (48) 71 (61) 17 (65) 40 (66)
Known outcome (% of Total) 221 (70) 16 (50) 86 (65) 23 (72) 96 (82)

Data are n or n (%).

*

Known abnormal outcome (syndromes, conditions or karyotypes associated with well-documented developmental delays or abnormal neurological findings) but excluded because of follow-up elsewhere.

Equals total minus those lost to follow-up. CNS, central nervous system.