Table 6.
Summary of the children in each group as impaired (≤−2 SD), at risk (between −2 and −1 SD) or in the average range (≥−1 SD) for the reading, spelling and mathematics skills.
Skill | Children at Risk [n (%)] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Extremely Preterm | Very Preterm | |||||
Impaired | At Risk | Average | Impaired | At Risk | Average | |
Reading | 3 (13.6) | 2 (9.1) | 17 (77.3) | 1 (1.7) | 4 (6.7) | 55 (91.7) |
Spelling | 2 (10.5) | 5 (26.3) | 12 (63.2) | 3 (5.9) | 6 (11.8) | 42 (82.4) |
Mathematics | 4 (19.0) | 2 (9.5) | 15 (71.4) | 3 (5.7) | 4 (7.5) | 46 (86.8) |