Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes |
TSH quartile, day 14 | Odds Ratio* for highest Quartile vs. lowest three quartiles |
Row N | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lowest | Middle two | Highest | ||||
Gestational age at delivery (weeks) | 23–24 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 163 | |
25–26 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 365 | ||
Birth weight (g) | ≤ 750 | 34 | 36 | 46 | 2.0 (1.3, 2.9) | 299 |
Birth weight Z-score | < −2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2.2 (1.2, 4.1) | 46 |
Ultrasound lesion | Ventriculomegaly | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1.3 (0.9, 2.2) | 79 |
Hypoechoic lesion | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) | 58 | |
Cerebral palsy type^ | Quadriparesis | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1.6 (0.8, 3.0) | 48 |
Diparesis | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0.9 (0.4, 2.2) | 30 | |
Hemiparesis | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 (0.5, 4.6) | 15 | |
Bayley Scale <55 | Mental | 12 | 16 | 17 | 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) | 120 |
Motor | 11 | 16 | 18 | 1.3 (0.9, 2.0) | 120 | |
Microcephaly | HC Z-score < −2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 1.4 (0.8, 2.3) | 84 |
Column N | 198 | 390 | 198 | 786 |
Note: column percentages are shown;
odds Ratios are adjusted for gestational age category and shown with 95% confidence intervals; and
cerebral palsy subtype odds ratios were modeled using a multinomial logistic model.