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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2020 May 23;188:109709. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109709

Table 3.

Neurodevelopmental assessments among 41 ECHO cohorts with a banked prenatal or delivery biospecimen by life stage, n (%)a

Neurodevelopmental Assessment Collected
(ever)b
Infancy
(birth to <12 months)
Childhood
(1 to <5 years)
Middle childhood
(5 to <12 years)
Adolescence
(≥12 years)
ASD-related phenotype
  ASD clinical diagnosisc 11 (26.8) 5 (12.2) 8 (19.5) 3 (7.3) 2 (4.9)
  Social Responsiveness Scale 6 (14.6) 1 (2.4) 5 (12.2) 2 (4.9) 1 (2.4)
Attention disorders-related phenotype
  ADHD clinical diagnosisc 11 (26.8) 5 (12.2) 8 (19.5) 3 (7.3) 2 (4.9)
  CBRS 1 (2.4) NA NA 1 (2.4) 1 (2.4)
  Continuous performance test 3 (7.3) 0 1 (2.4) 2 (4.9) 1 (2.4)
Brain magnetic resonance imaging 6 (14.6) 4 (9.8) 4 (9.8) 2 (4.9) 1 (2.4)
Infant/toddler development
  BSID 7 (17.1) 5 (12.2) 7 (17.1) 0 0
  Other developmental assessment 19 (46.3) 13 (31.7) 14 (34.1) 3 (7.3) 0
Intelligence quotient
  WISC or WPPSI 6 (14.6) NA 4 (9.8) 4 (9.8) 0
  Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales 1 (2.4) NA 1 (2.4) 0 0
  Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test 2 (4.9) NA 2 (4.9) 0 0
Language development
  MacArthur-Bates CDI 5 (12.2) 1 (2.4) 4 (9.8) NA NA
  Preschool language test 5 (12.2) 2 (4.9) 5 (12.2) 1 (2.4) NA
  Speech and language assessment scale 5 (12.2) NA 5 (12.2) 2 (4.9) 0
Externalizing/internalizing behavior scoring
  Child Behavior Checklist 11 (26.8) 1 (2.4) 11 (26.8) 2 (4.9) 1 (2.4)
  BASC 5 (12.2) 0 2 (4.9) 3 (7.3) 0
Depression scale (any) 5 (12.2) 3 (7.3) 4 (9.8) 2 (4.9) 2 (4.9)
  Child Depression Inventory 1 (2.4) NA NA 1 (2.4) 1 (2.4)
Executive function test
  Wisconsin or other card sorting test 2 (4.9) NA NA 2 (4.9) 0
  BRIEF 8 (19.5) NA 6 (14.6) 4 (9.8) 0
Gross motor development (any) 17 (41.5) 13 (31.7) 10 (24.4) 5 (12.2) 1 (2.4)
Fine motor skills (any) 12 (29.3) 10 (24.4) 8 (19.5) 3 (7.3) 0
  Pegboard 4 (9.8) NA 3 (7.3) 2 (4.9) 0

NA indicates that assessment is not applicable to this life stage and was not ascertained by the ECHO Data Analysis Center.

a

Restricted to cohorts that collected maternal blood, whole blood, serum, plasma, or urine during gestation or maternal blood or umbilical cord blood at delivery.

b

Number (%) of ECHO cohorts with the neurodevelopmental assessment at any life stage.

c

Diagnosis based on clinician assessment or parent report of a clinical diagnosis.