TABLE 7.

Effects of maternal and cord blood DHA concentrations on selected outcomes¹

				P values
Measure	Ages2 (mo)	n	Variable	Enrollment	Delivery	Cord blood
Willatts Task	10	194	Total score	0.193	0.208	0.133
BSID	18	183	MDI	0.425	0.425	0.683
	—	184	PDI	0.864	0.080	0.089
MCBDI	18	191	Words Produced	0.0184	0.889	0.766
TOPEL	42	154	Early Literacy Index	0.452	0.0115	0.310
PPVT	60	156	Standard score	0.158	0.0045	0.405
Sentence Repetition	36–48	137	Total score	0.291	0.342	0.743
WPPSI	36–72	143	Verbal IQ	0.1135	0.0135	0.297
	—	148	Processing Speed3	0.0555	0.0135	0.574
	—	149	Performance IQ	0.0225	0.716	0.272
	—	141	Full Scale IQ	0.0045	0.0415	0.138
BASC	36–72	141	Externalizing Problems	0.425	0.844	0.521
	—	140	Internalizing Problems	0.991	0.367	0.564
	—	140	Behavioral Symptoms Index	0.308	0.272	0.510
	—	140	Adaptive Skills	0.0445	0.123	0.482

¹BASC, Behavioral Assessment Scale for Children; BSID, Bayley Scales of Infant Development; IQ, intelligence quotient; MBCDI, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory; MDI, Mental Development Index; PDI, Psychomotor Development Index; PPVT, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; SES, socioeconomic status; TOPEL, Test of Preschool Early Literacy; WPPSI, Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence.

²A principal component score derived across ages was the criterion variable.

³This subscale is assessed only at 48 and 72 mo.

⁴Effect of DHA remains significant after controlling for SES.

⁵Effect of DHA does not remain significant after controlling for SES.