Relationship Between Maternal Economic Vulnerability and Childhood Neurodevelopment at 2 and 5 Years of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between economic vulnerability during pregnancy and childhood neurodevelopment.

Methods

This is a secondary analysis of two parallel multicenter, randomized, controlled trials of administration of levothyroxine to pregnant individuals with subclinical hypothyroidism or hypothyroxinemia in the United States. All participants who delivered a live, nonanomalous neonate and completed the WPPSI-III (Weschler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence) at 5 years of life and the Bayley-III (Bayley Scales of Infant Development) test at 2 years were included. The primary outcome is WPPSI-III score. Secondary outcome included Bayley-III subtest scores. Multivariable analyses were used to assess the relationships between economic vulnerability durin

SUBMITTER: Premkumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8376769 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature