Table 1.

Maternal Demographic Risk Factors, Perinatal Data and 14 Year Neurodevelopmental Outcome

	Extremely Low Birth Weight n=181	Normal Birth Weight n=115
Maternal Demographic Data# Age (years)• Married	43 ± 6 79 (44%)	41 ± 6a 63 (55%)
Education <High school High school+ >High school	13 (7%) 57 (32%) 111 (61%)	12 (10%) 22 (19%) 81 (70%)
Race White◦ Black	73 (40%) 108 (60%)	39 (34%) 76 (66%)
Mean percent below poverty level* Family income (mean dollars ± SD)**	13 ± 12% 44.3 ± 19	15 ± 13% 40.2 ± 19
Perinatal Data Birth weight (gm ± SD) Gestational age (wk ± SD) Female sex Multiple birth	815 ± 124 26.4 ± 2 111 (61%) 32 (18%)	3260 ± 524 ≥ 37 wks 73 (64%) 0
14 year Neurodevelopmental Outcome Neurosensory impairment∇ IQ < 70 Individualized Education Program (IEP) Children on Supplemental Security Income (SSI)	31 (17%) 32 (18%) 88 (49%) 38 (21%)	0 4 (4%)c 11 (10%)c 7(6%)c

^#Unless otherwise stated refers to primary caregiver which for 156 (86%) of the extremely low birth weight and 103 (90%) of the normal birth weight groups was the biologic or adoptive mother.

^•Biologic mothers only.

⁺Includes GED

^◦Includes 2 Asian ELBW mothers.

^*Mean percentage of families below the poverty level according to the 2000 Census tract neighborhood in which the families lived.

^**Mean of median family income in 1000’s of dollars according to the 2000 Census tract neighborhood in which the families lived.

^ap<0.05,

^cp<0.001

^∇Includes 27 children with cerebral palsy, 1 blindness and 3 deafness requiring a hearing aid.