Gestational age at term delivery and children’s neurocognitive development
Autor: | Edwina Yeung, Yassaman Vafai, Diane L. Putnick, Jessica L Gleason, Katherine L. Grantz, Stephen E. Gilman, Abhisek Saha, Rajeshwari Sundaram |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Gestational Age Neurocognitive Development Bayley Scales of Infant Development 03 medical and health sciences Child Development Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Intelligence Tests Psychomotor learning business.industry Siblings Infant Newborn Infant Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Gestational age General Medicine Child development Confidence interval Premature Birth Female business Neurocognitive |
Zdroj: | Int J Epidemiol |
ISSN: | 1464-3685 0300-5771 |
Popis: | Background Preterm birth is associated with lower neurocognitive performance. However, whether children’s neurodevelopment improves with longer gestations within the full-term range (37–41 weeks) is unclear. Given the high rate of obstetric intervention in the USA, it is critical to determine whether long-term outcomes differ for children delivered at each week of term. Methods This secondary analysis included 39 199 live-born singleton children of women who were admitted to the hospital in spontaneous labour from the US Collaborative Perinatal Project (1959–76). At each week of term gestation, we evaluated development at 8 months using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, 4 years using the Stanford–Binet IQ (SBIQ) domains and 7 years using the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children (WISC) and Wide-Range Achievement Tests (WRAT). Results Children’s neurocognitive performance improved with each week of gestation from 37 weeks, peaking at 40 or 41 weeks. Relative to those delivered at 40 weeks, children had lower neurocognitive scores at 37 and 38 weeks for all assessments except SBIQ and WISC Performance IQ. Children delivered at 39 weeks had lower Bayley Mental (β = −1.18; confidence interval −1.77, −0.58) and Psychomotor (β = −1.18; confidence interval −1.90, −0.46) scores. Results were similar for within-family analyses comparing siblings, with the addition of lower WRAT scores at 39 weeks. Conclusions The improvement in development scores across assessment periods indicates that each week up to 40 or 41 weeks of gestation is important for short- and long-term cognitive development, suggesting 40–41 weeks may be the ideal delivery window for optimal neurodevelopmental outcomes. |
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