Table 4. Association between the contextual effects of urbanicity and cognitive development at age five in preterm children born between March 2003 and December 2008 who were free of any disabilities or neurodevelopmental delays at age two using the regional LIFT network.
The ß reflect the changes in the GSA score associated with levels of a particular factor compared to predefined reference levels.
| MODEL 4: Deprivation index $ | MODEL 5: GP index $ | MODEL 6: Distance to MCH clinic $ | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th percentile | 50th percentile | 80th percentile | 20th percentile | 50th percentile | 80th percentile | 20th percentile | 50th percentile | 80th percentile | |||||||||||
| Variable | Category | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE | ß | SE |
| Deprivation | Low | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Medium | -0.95 | 0.84 | -0.49 | 0.61 | -0.73 | 0.45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| High | -2.46* | 1.13 | -0.81 | 0.74 | -0.74 | 0.50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| GP accessibility | Low | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.39 | 0.90 | 0.39 | 0.63 | 0.85 | 0.49 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Medium | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.96 | 1.08 | 0.54 | 0.58 | 0.46 | 0.41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| High | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Distance to MCH clinic | Low | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Medium | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.67 | 1.03 | 0.02 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.39 | |
| High | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.72 | 1.04 | 0.03 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.44 | |
* p < 0.05;
$ models adjusted for child sex, gestational age, birthweight Z-score, multiple pregnancies, social benefits for low financial income, and socioeconomic level