TABLE III.

POSSIBLE CONFOUNDERS (N=31)

Neurological findings	Mild spastic diplegia (N=1)	Subtle neurological signs insufficient for full diagnosis (N=4)
Hospitalisation
Overnight admissions (N=3)	IVI rehydration for gastro-enteritis (N=2)	Nebulised bronchodilators for bronchop-neumonia (N =1)
Admission 2 days (N=1)	Oral rehydration – gastro-enteritis
Day theatre (N=1)	Frenulectomy with no problems
Otitis media	Before 1st assessment (N =5)	Between 1st and 2nd assessments (N =2)	Repeated episodes (N =1)
Hearing tests attended (N=2)	Both normal free-field audiograms
Head growth
1st assessment (N =30) 2nd (N =26)	2 infants <3rd percentile, caught up at 2nd assessment	1 infant fell from 7th percentile to <3rd	1 infant >97th percentile at both (presumed familial macrocephaly)
Stunting (height <-2 SD)	2 at both assessments	5 at 2nd assessment only