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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Nov;27(0):1077–1088. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0059

Table 1.

Percent of children classified by their TSH concentration for gestational age on postnatal day 14 who also had the disorders and dysfunctions listed on the left and magnitudes of association

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.