Table I.
Demographic and Baseline Characteristics by Primary Language for All Subjects
| English (N=752) | Spanish (N=98) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted age for BSID-III cognitive subscale (months) | Mean (StdDev) | 19.7 (1.4) | 19.4 (1.2) | 0.04 |
| SGA | % | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.19 |
| Gestational age at birth (weeks) | Mean (StdDev) | 25.4 (1.2) | 25.4 (1.1) | 0.58 |
| Gender | Female: % | 50.4 | 44.9 | 0.31 |
| Male: % | 49.6 | 55.1 | ||
| Maternal age (years) | Mean (StdDev) | 27.2 (6.6) | 27.8 (6.2) | 0.44 |
| Multiple gestation | % | 27.9 | 21.4 | 0.17 |
| Parity | Mean (StdDev) | 2.2 (1.4) | 2.5 (1.5) | 0.04 |
| Primary caretaker education | < High school degree: % | 15.0 | 59.6 | <.001 |
| High school degree: % | 28.3 | 21.4 | ||
| Partial college: % | 30.2 | 11.2 | ||
| >/= College degree: % | 26.5 | 7.9 | ||
| Antenatal steroids | % | 87.5 | 80.4 | 0.05 |
| BPD | % | 50.6 | 42.3 | 0.12 |
| Postnatal steroids | % | 12.7 | 9.2 | 0.32 |
| Grade III or IV IVH | % | 13.4 | 15.5 | 0.57 |
| Cystic PVL | % | 5.0 | 4.1 | 0.68 |
| Nosocomial sepsis | % | 39.1 | 40.8 | 0.74 |
| Visual Impairment | % | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.93 |
| Hearing Impaired | % | 3.5 | 3.1 | 0.84 |