Table 3.
Mean (SD) scores and ANOVA comparisons between the four gestational age (GA) groups.
| Task (Age) | GA ≥ 37 Mean (SD) |
GA36–34 Mean (SD) | GA33–32 Mean (SD) |
GA ≤ 31 Mean (SD) |
F | df | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Gestures (10 months) | 7.5 (2.5) | 7.2 (2.4) | 7.4 (2.7) | 6.5 (2.7) | 1.262 | 190 | 0.289 |
| Comprehension of words (10 months) | 71.8 (58.8) | 88 (77.2) | 71.5 (70) | 73.3 (73.3) | 0.694 | 190 | 0.557 |
| Cognition BDI (22 months) | 27.5 (4) | 26.7 (3.7) | 26.8 (3.2) | 26.5 (2.9) | 0.743 | 180 | 0.528 |
| Word Production (22 months) | 173.7 (137.1) | 174.5 (163.8) | 154.2 (130.1) | 140.9 (137.8) | 0.573 | 179 | 0.633 |
| Word Production (30 months) | 411.4 (171.3) | 412.58 (189.7) | 431.00 (149.2) | 408.05 (181.5) | 0.116 | 153 | 0.951 |
| Comprehension RDLS (48 months) | 46.5 (5.2) | 43.1 (8.6) | 43 (4.7) | 44.2 (5.9) | 2.230 | 144 | 0.087 |
| PPVT (60 months) | 62 (12.5) | 57.8 (11.4) | 57 (12.1) | 56.2 (13) | 1.460 | 141 | 0.228 |
| CEG (60 months) | 52 (7.3) | 44.4 (13.8) | 47.1 (9.1) | 48.6 (13.4) | 2.804 | 139 | 0.042 |
| TSA Production (60 months) | 43.5 (8.1) | 38.4 (15.8) | 41.5 (11.2) | 39.7 (15.9) | 1.034 * | 116,539 | 0.380 |
Note: * Brown–Forsythe test; F = value of F-statistic; df = degrees of freedom; p = significance value.