Table 2.
Raw scores in Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) internalizing broadband scale, externalizing broadband scale, and total score and quality of life (QoL) in children born late preterm and full term*
| Score (median, IQR)† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP-ICU | LP-non-ICU | FT-ICU | ||||||||||
| total (n = 126) |
girls (n = 55) |
boys (n = 71) |
P‡ |
total (n = 127) |
girls (n = 54) |
boys (n = 73) |
P§ |
total (n = 131) |
girls (n = 53) |
boys (n = 78) |
PII |
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| CBCL |
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| internalizing |
11.5 (12.3) |
12.0 (10.0) |
11.0 (13.0) |
0.007 |
8.0 (12.0) |
8.5 (8.0) |
8.0 (14.0) |
<0.001 |
4.0 (6.0) |
4.0 (6.75) |
5.0 (7.0) |
<0.001 |
| P¶ |
0.992 |
0.899 |
0.120 |
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| externalizing |
10.0 (10.3) |
8.0 (10.0) |
10.0 (12.0) |
0.112 |
8.0 (8.0) |
8.0 (8.0) |
8.0 (9.0) |
<0.001 |
5.0 (8.0) |
4.0 (4.75) |
6.0 (9.0) |
<0.001 |
| P¶ |
0.086 |
0.604 |
0.256 |
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| total |
37.0 (33.0) |
37.0 (35.0) |
47.0 (36.0) |
0.009 |
29.0 (21.0) |
33.0 (23.0) |
35.0 (32.0) |
<0.001 |
15.0 (21.0) |
16.0 (15.0) |
20.5 (25.0) |
<0.001 |
| P¶ |
0.051 |
0.455 |
0.099 |
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| QoL |
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| 72.0 (14.0) |
75.0 (14.0) |
68.0 (14.0) |
<0.001 |
75.0 (10.0) |
78.0 (11.0) |
74.0 (14.0) |
<0.001 |
85.0 (11.0) |
86.0 (14.0) |
85.0 (11.0) |
<0.001 |
|
| P¶ | 0.028 | 0.028 | 0.502 | |||||||||
*Abbreviations: IQR – interquartile range, LP-ICU – late preterm infant treated in the ICU, LP-non-ICU – late preterm infant not treated in the ICU, FT-ICU – full-term infant treated in the ICU.
†Comparison of totals for all three study groups, P < 0.001 for all.
‡Post-hoc test, comparison of total scores in LP-ICU vs LP-non-ICU.
§Post-hoc test, comparison of total scores in LP-non-ICU vs FT-ICU.
IIPost-hoc test, comparison of total scores in LP-ICU vs FT-ICU.
¶Gender comparison.