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. 2021 Mar 15;47(4):525–561. doi: 10.1111/cch.12830

TABLE 3.

Associations between factors and infant GMD

Child factors
Age of motor assessment outcome Age of motor milestone outcome
RoB 0–3 m 4–6 m 7–12 m 13–24 m 25–60 m 0–3 m 4–6 m 7–12 m 13–24 m 25–60 m
GA
Preterm
Yaari et al., 2018 H s**
Term
Espel et al., 2014 H s* s** s**
Post‐term
Field et al., 1978 H ns ns
Birthweight
Low BW
Datar & Jacknowitz, 2009 L s *** s**

Grantham‐McGregor et al., 1998

L s *** s ***
Normal BW
Lung et al., 2009a H s *** s ***
Twin

Nan et al., 2013

H s *** s *** s *** ns

Brouwer et al., 2006

H ns ns

Goetghebuer et al., 2003

H s** s*/ns a s*/ns a
Wilson & Harpring, 1972 H ns s *** ns s ***
Anthropometry
Weight, length and head circumference
Scharf et al., 2016 H s *** s ***
Overweight

Slining et al., 2010

L s*
Proportionately larger head
Bartlett, 1998 H ns/s *** ns ns ns
Afro‐American background

Capute et al., 1985

H s** s** s** s**
Motivation to move

Atun‐Einy et al., 2013

H s* s* / ** / ** / **
Environmental factors
RoB 0–3 m 4–6 m 7–12 m 13–24 m 25–60 m 0–3 m 4–6 m 7–12 m 13–24 m 25–60 m
Sleep position
Prone sleeping

Majnemer and Barr, 2006

H ns b /s b ns

Davis et al., 1998

H s**/**/ *** /ns s**/**/ns
Supine sleeping

Lung and Shu, 2011

H s *** ns ns

Ratliff‐Schaub et al., 2001

H ns ns
Breastfeeding
Jardí et al., 2018 L s* s*

Michels et al., 2017

H ns ns ns

Morris et al., 1999

L ns/sLBW/HBW * ns

Oddy et al., 2011

H ns ns ns
Maternal depression
Smith‐Nielsen et al., 2019 H ns ns

Sutter‐Dallay et al., 2011

H ns ns ns ns
Maternal mental health
Lung, Shu, Chiang et al., 2011 H ns ns ns
Adolescent mother

de Borba and Valentini, 2015

H ns
Parental mental health
Lung et al., 2009b H ns sm *
Parental neonatal perception
Hernández‐Martínez et al., 2011 H sm * sp **
Babywalker
Siegel and Burton, 1999 H s *** s *** / ** s**
Daycare attendance

Souza et al., 2010

H s s
Season of birth winter
Tsuchiya et al., 2012 H s *** s *** ns
Cameroonian versus German culture
Vierhaus et al., 2011 H s ns
Multiple factors
RoB 0–3 m 4–6 m 7–12 m 13–24 m 25–60 m 0–3 m 4–6 m 7–12 m 13–24 m 25–60 m
Bjarnadóttir et al., 2019 H ns ns ns ns
Pereira et al., 2016 H s
Flensborg‐Madsen & Mortensen, 2017 H s *** s *** s ***

Note. L = low RoB (Risk of Bias), H = high RoB; ns = no significant association, s = significant association; s/ns = (no) associations longitudinally analysed; m = maternal; p = paternal.

Abbreviations: HBW, high birthweight; LBW, low birthweight.

a

Multiple motor milestones measured in same age‐range.

b

Multiple motor outcomes measured in same age‐range.

*

p<0.05.

**

p<0.01.

***

p<0.001.