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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Oct 26;64(5):654–661. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.15100

Table 2:

Clinical characteristics of participants in the cohort

Overall% P 1 P2 P 3 P 4 P 5 P 6 P 7 P 8b P 9 P 10 P 11 P 12
Pregnancy and neonatal

Complications during pregnancy 40 Yes (polyhydramnios) Yes (bleeding) No Yes (gestational diabetes) Yes (gestational diabetes, bleeding) No No No NA No No NA
Gestational age (wks) 39 37 40 37 40 39 40 35 NA 39 39 NA
Birthweight, kg (z-score)a 4.1 (+1.4) 3.1 (−0.3) 3.7 (+1.0) 2.6 (−1.5) 3.3 (−0.1) 3.5 (+0.6) 3.7 (+0.7) 2.3 (−0.5) NA 2.8 (−1.2) 4.2 (+1.6) NA
Neonatal complications 90 Yes (hypotonia, feeding difficulty, lethargy) Yes (hypotonia, hyperbilirubinemia) Yes (hypoglycemia) Yes (temperature regulation, hyperbilirubinemia) Yes (feeding difficulty, irritability, respiratory distress, hyperbilirubinemia) Yes (meconium) Yes (hypotonia) Yes (feeding difficulty, respiratory distress, hyperbilirubinemia) NA No Yes (poor suck, feeding difficulty, irritability) NA

Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric

Autism spectrum disorder 50 Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No NA No Yes NA
Intellectual disability/developmental delay 100 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes Yes NA
Language delay or impairment 60 Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes NA Yes Yes NA
History of seizures 25 Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Current diagnosis of epilepsy 17 Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No No
Macrocephaly 10 No No No No No No No No NA No Yes NA
Microcephaly 30 Yes No No No Yes No No Yes NA No No NA
Cerebral palsy 30 No Yes Yes No Yes No No No NA No No NA
Hypotonia 90 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes No NA
Movement disorder 40 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No NA No No NA
ADHD 10 Yes No No No No No No No NA No No NA
Anxiety 10 No No No No No No No Yes NA No No NA

Systemic

Vision

 Hyperopia 40 Yes No Yes No Yes No No No NA Yes No NA
 Myopia 10 No No No No No No No No NA Yes No NA
 Strabismus 50 No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes NA No No NA
 Astigmatism 10 No No No No Yes No No No NA No No NA
Respiratory: asthma 20 Yes No No Yes No No No No NA No No NA
Gastrointestinal
 Reflux 50 No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No NA Yes No NA
 Constipation 30 No Yes No No No No No No NA Yes Yes NA
 Failure to thrive 20 Yes No No No Yes No No No NA No No NA
Genitourinary: vesicoureteral reflux 10 No No Yes No No No No No NA No No NA
Musculoskeletal: hip dysplasia 10 No Yes No No No No No No NA No No NA
Dermatological: eczema 20 No No No Yes Yes No No No NA No No NA
Immunodeficiency 11 No Yes No No No No No No NA NA No NA
a

For birthweight, z-scores were calculated using the World Health Organization infant weight for age charts for infants born at 37 weeks’ gestation and older.18

b

For Participant 8, the z-score was calculated using the Fenton 2013 growth chart for preterm infants.19 NA, data not available; ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.