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. 2014 Mar;133(3):412–421. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1863

TABLE 5.

Higher Number of Invasive Procedures and Lower FA of the Superior WM Predicts Lower IQ

Predictors Full Scale IQ, n = 50
B CI P
Number of invasive procedures × FA 412.18 55.59 to 768.77 .02
FA −735.63 −1411.08 to −60.18 .03
Number of invasive procedures 83.35 25.16 to 141.53 .005
Gestational age 0.88 −2.16 to 3.93 .57
Small for GA −1.64 −14.36 to 11.07 .80
Illness severity −0.50 −0.95 to −0.05 .03
Mechanical ventilation −5.22 −21.72 to 11.29 .54
Morphine exposure 1.75 −15.55 to 19.04 .84
Postnatal infection 6.17 −4.09 to 16.43 .24
Gender 0.37 −7.54 to 8.27 .93
Age at scan −168.10 −382.31 to 46.12 .12
Brain injury −2.41 −13.41 to 8.59 .67