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. 2018 Apr 6;126(4):047004. doi: 10.1289/EHP2129

Table 3.

Children’s performance (mean±SD) at the 1- and 2-y visits on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (3rd edition), VHEMBE study, Limpopo, South Africa.

BSID Measures Mean±SD
At 1-y visit (n=689)  
 Cognitivea 8.7±2.0
 Receptive Communication 7.0±1.8
 Expressive Communication 11.2±2.0
 Fine Motor 9.2±2.3
 Gross Motor 9.0±2.8
 Language Composite 94.9±8.8
 Motor Composite 94.7±12.2
 Social-Emotional 8.3±3.1
 
At 2-y visit (n=681)  
 Cognitivea 5.7±1.6
 Receptive Communication 7.7±1.8
 Expressive Communication 9.1±2.5
 Fine Motor 10.3±2.0
 Gross Motor 7.2±1.7
 Language Composite 90.8±11.3
 Motor Composite 92.6±9.0

Note: BSID, Bayley Scales of Infant Development (3rd edition); VHEMBE, Venda Health Examination of Mothers, Babies and their Environment.

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Cognitive scaled scores can be converted to Cognitive Composite scores standardized to a mean of 100 and SD of 15. The Cognitive Composite score at the 1-y visit had a mean±SDof93.6±9.9) and at the 2-y visit, 78.7±8.1.