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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2013 Oct;56(5):1662–1676. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0119)

Table 2.

Child characteristics for the PCE and NCE groups.

Child demographic NCE (n = 181)
PCE (n = 183)
t p χ2
M SD n % M SD n %
1-min Apgar 7.93 1.67 8.00 1.43 −0.44 .66
5-min Apgar 8.78 0.71 8.78 0.65 −0.06 .95
Gestational age (wks) 38.49 2.86 37.91 2.82 1.94 .05*
Hobel total 5.84 15.88 7.18 16.32 −0.79 .43
Baby length (cm) 49.20 3.71 47.42 3.88 4.45 <.0001*
Head circumference (cm) 33.49 2.38 32.37 2.08 4.82 <.0001*
Birth weight (g) 3,110.53 700.70 2,734.48 636.56 6.09 <.0001*
IQ at age 11 years 86.41 15.02 84.67 11.79 1.23 .22
Male 87 48.07 82 44.81 .53 0.39
African American 145 80.11 150 81.97 .65 0.20
Microcephalic 8 4.47 27 15.00 .0008* 11.31
Small birth size 4 2.22 23 12.71 .0002* 14.34
*

p ≤ .05.