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. 2021 Sep 3;107(3):244–250. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-321031

Table 4.

Developmental delay risk stratification in children with and without prenatal ZIKV exposure

ZIKV exposed (n=68), n (%) ZIKV unexposed (n=63), n (%) χ2 Fisher’s exact p value
Cognition
 Low risk of delay* 64 (94) 61 (97) 0.549 0.682
 Med to high risk of delay* 4 (6) 2 (3)
Fine motor NA* NA*
 Low risk of delay* 68 (100) 63 (100)
 Med to high risk of delay* 0 (0) 0 (0)
Gross motor NA* NA*
 Low risk of delay* 68 (100) 63 (100)
 Med to high risk of delay* 0 (0) 0 (0)
Language 0.003 1.000
 Low risk of delay* 67 (99) 62 (98)
 Med to high risk of delay* 1 (1) 1 (2)
Positive behaviour 1.621 0.232
 Low risk of delay* 55 (81) 56 (89)
 Med to high risk of delay* 13 (19) 7 (11)
Negative behaviour
 Low risk of delay* 56 (89) 52 (91) 0.182 0.766
 Med to high risk of delay* 7 (11) 5 (9)
ZIKV exposed (n=29) ZIKV unexposed
(n=38)
χ2 P value
Visual acuity (logMAR) 4.424 0.035
 Low risk of delay† 20 (69) 34 (89%)
 Med to high risk of delay† 9 (31) 4 (11)
ZIKV exposed (n=26) ZIKV unexposed
(n=30)
Contrast sensitivity 3.063 0.080
 Low risk of delay† 20 (77) 28 (93)
 Med to high risk of delay† 6 (23) 2 (7)

NA=not applicable because cell sizes were too small to run proportional analyses.

*Cut-off scores for classification of delay risk (<10th percentile) in cognition, fine motor, gross motor, and language domains were obtained from the INTER-NDA international standardisation sample.17

†Cut-off scores for classification of delays in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity were obtained from the Cardiff standardisation samples.18

INTER-NDA, INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopment Assessment; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; ZIKV, Zika virus.