Table 2. Differences between the VPT and term children on attention and processing speed outcomes at age 7 years.
| VPT Group | Term Group | Unadjusted | Adjusted for age, social risk, gender and excluding children with IQ < 70a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||||
| Outcome | N | M(SD) | N | M(SD) | Est(95% CI) | p | Est(95% CI) | p |
| Attention | ||||||||
| Sky Search | 191 | 15.70 (3.97) | 69 | 17.77 (2.50) | -2.07(-2.90, -1.24) | <.001 | -1.71(-2.59, -0.83) | <.001 |
| Score! | 182 | 6.03 (2.63) | 69 | 7.10 (1.90) | -1.07(-1.66, -0.48) | <.001 | -0.76(-1.38, -0.14) | 0.02 |
| Creature Counting | 160 | 3.29 (2.30) | 69 | 4.57 (1.97) | -1.27(-1.85, -0.69) | <.001 | -1.18(-1.77, -0.59) | <.001 |
| Sky Search DT | 175 | 69.78 (20.03) | 69 | 78.95 (16.18) | -9.17(-14.08, -4.26) | <.001 | -6.28(-11.43, -1.13) | 0.02 |
| Processing Speed | ||||||||
| Identification Task | 178 | 2.90(0.07) | 69 | 2.87(0.08) | 0.03 (0.00, 0.05) | 0.03 | 0.02(-0.00, 0.04) | 0.06 |
| Detection Task | 179 | 2.70 (0.09) | 69 | 2.67(0.11) | 0.03 (0.01, 0.06) | 0.02 | 0.04 (0.01, 0.06) | 0.01 |
VPT, very preterm; M, mean; SD, standard deviation; Est, estimate of regression coefficient representing the difference in means between the groups; CI, confidence interval.
a
= up to 11 participants with missing data on social risk and up to 3 participants with IQ<70 not included in these analyses.
Bold text indicates statistically significant values.