Table 1.
Risk Groups | N (%) |
---|---|
BW ≤ 1000 g and/or GA < 28 weeks | 188 (46.4) |
Boys, n (%) | 102 (54.3) |
BW, mean (SD), grams | 826 (183) |
GA, mean (SD), weeks | 26.2 (1.7) |
BW > 1000 g and GA 280–306 weeks Neonatal arterial ischemic stroke |
54 (13.1) 15 (3.6) |
Neonatal encephalopathy | 57 (13.8) |
CHD w/surgery before 10 weeks | 41 (10.1) |
Others a | 50 (12.3) |
BW, birth weight; GA, gestational age; CHD, congenital heart disease. a Others: Infants with significant abnormalities on cerebral imaging (intraventricular hemorrhage grade III–IV, other significant intracranial hemorrhages with or without seizures, cystic periventricular leukomalacia, ventriculomegaly, venous sinus thrombosis; n = 24), central nervous system infection (n = 6), medically complex infants (syndromes/chromosomal abnormalities, multiple congenital anomalies, hydrops fetalis, severe lung hypoplasia, protracted hypoglycemia, seizures with unknown etiology) (n = 16), and severe intrauterine growth restriction (n = 3). One second twin came to follow-up due to referral of the first twin.