Table 1.

Characteristics of the final sample

	N	Age	ELC standard score
Low risk	13 (4♀)	5.27(0.50)[4.63–6.01]	95.62(09.01)[74–110]
High risk	16 (9♀)	5.37(0.58)[4.70–6.51]	90.06(11.22)[61–106]
Total	29 (13♀)	5.34(0.54)[4.63–6.51]	93.55(10.49)[61–110]

Age and the MSEL Early Learning Composite (ELC) standard score are mean values with standard deviations reported in the parentheses. The range for the age and the ELC scores is reported in the square brackets. There were no significant differences between high‐ and low‐risk infants in age (t(27) = −0.07, P = 0.55), gender (X ²(1, N = 29) = 1.88, P = 0.17) or ELC standard scores (t(27) = 1.44, P = 0.16).