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. 2022 Oct 6;150(5):e2022056445. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-056445

TABLE 2.

10- and 15-Year Growth and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

All Mean (SD)or n (%) No NEC/SIP, Mean (SD)or n (%) Medical NEC, Mean (SD)or n (%) Surgical NEC, Mean (SD)or n (%) SIP, Mean (SD)or n (%)
10-y growth outcomes (N = 889)
 BMI mean (SD) 17.8 (4.1) 17.7 (4.0) 18.2 (4.3) 17.0 (3.1) 17.3 (6.1)
  z-score −0.07 (1.46) −0.06 (1.43) 0.055 (1.58) −0.25 (1.36) −0.51 (1.59)
 Weight mean (SD) 33.5 (10.4) 33.6 (10.2) 34.4 (11.0) 31.2 (7.3) 31.2 (13.4)
  z-score −0.19 (1.40) −0.18 (1.40) −0.06 (1.33) −0.43 (1.26) -0.8 (1.76)
 Height mean (SD) 136.4 (8.8) 136.6 (8.8) 136.8 (8.8) 134.8 (7.0) 132.7 (8.3)
  z-score −0.27 (1.25) −0.27 (1.24) −0.24 (1.23) −0.51 (0.95) −0.8 (1.18)
 HC mean (SD) 52.5 (2.4) 52.6 (2.3) 52.5 (2.5) 51.5 (2.2) 51.6 (3.2)
10-y ND outcomes (N = 889)
 ADHD 152 (17.1%) 122 (18.0%) 20 (14.7%) 7 (21.9%) 3 (10.7%)
  GMFCS >1 72 (8.1%) 51 (7.7%) 12 (9.2%) 3 (9.7%) 6 (22.2%)
 Epilepsy 66 (7.4%) 54 (7.8%) 9 (6.6%) 3 (9.1%) 0 (0.0%)
 DAS-II FSIQ 88.4 (20.0) 88.9 (19.7) 88.4 (20.0) 84.6 (19.5) 80.4 (24.6)
LPA classifications
 Normal 242 (35.7%) 43 (31.4%) 8 (25.8%) 7 (25.0%)
 Low-normal 280 (41.3%) 58 (42.3%) 12 (38.7%) 10 (35.7%)
 Moderate 108 (15.9%) 24 (17.5%) 8 (25.8%) 5 (17.9%)
 Severely impaired 48 (7.1%) 12 (8.8%) 3 (9.7%) 6 (21.4%)
15-y growth outcome (N = 694)
 BMI mean (SD) 23.1 (6.3) 23.1 (6.5) 23.9 (5.6) 20.8 (4.7) 23.9 (8.8)
  z-score 0.41 (1.26) 0.40 (1.26) 0.63 (1.25) −0.25 (1.36) 0.35 (1.31)
 Weight mean (SD) 62.1 (18.7) 62.0 (18.9) 64.1 (18.9) 53.1 (9.0) 64.8 (24.6)
  z-score 0.23 (1.40) 0.24 (1.36) 0.40 (1.55) −0.60 (1.22) 0.14 (1.63)
 Height mean (SD) 163.5 (9.7) 163.6 (9.5) 162.9 (9.9) 160.9 (11.0) 164.1 (8.6)
  z-score −0.44 (1.15) −0.41 (1.12) −0.52 (1.20) −1.07 (1.30) −0.53 (1.05)
 HC mean (SD) 55.6 (2.9) 55.5 (2.7) 55.9 (3.5) 54.2 (2.6) 55.1 (4.1)
15-y ND outcomes (N = 694)
 ADD or ADHD 42 (6.0%) 31 (6.1%) 6 (6.1%) 3 (11.5%) 2 (12.5%)
 Epilepsy 51 (7.3%) 40 (7.7%) 8 (8.2%) 2 (7.7%) 1 (5.3%)
 WASI-II FSIQ 99.6 (17.9) 100 (17.8) 98.6 (18.1) 92.5 (18.4) 97.5 (18.2)
LPA classifications
 Severe 74 (14.7%) 19 (19.4%) 5 (19.2%) 6 (33.3%)
 Low-Normal 269 (53.5%) 48 (49.0%) 14 (53.8%) 6 (33.3%)
 Normal 160 (31.8%) 31 (31.6%) 7 (26.9%) 6 (33.3%)

ADD, attention-deficit disorder; FSIQ: full-scale IQ; WASI-II: Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence-II. —, not applicable.