Growth Asymmetry, Head Circumference, and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants with Single Ventricles.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the variability in asymmetric growth and its association with neurodevelopment in infants with single ventricle (SV).

Study design

We analyzed weight-for-age z-score minus head circumference-for-age z-score (HCAZ), relative head growth (cm/kg), along with individual growth variables in subjects prospectively enrolled in the Infant Single Ventricle Trial. Associations between growth indices and scores on the Psychomotor Developmental Index (PDI) and Mental Developmental Index (MDI) of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) at 14 months were assessed.

Results

Of the 230 subjects enrolled in the Infant Single Ventricle trial, complete growth data and BSID-II scores were available in 168 (73%). Across the cohort, indices of asymmetric gro

SUBMITTER: Miller TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4698012 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature