Association of Gestational Age at Birth With Subsequent Suspected Developmental Coordination Disorder in Early Childhood in China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

It remains unknown whether children born at different degrees of prematurity, early term, and post term might have a higher risk of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) compared with completely full-term children (39-40 gestational weeks).

Objective

To differentiate between suspected DCD in children with different gestational ages based on a national representative sample in China.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted in China from April 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019. A total of 152 433 children aged 3 to 5 years from 2403 public kindergartens in 551 cities of China were included in the final analysis. A multilevel regression model was developed to determine the strength of association for different gestational a

SUBMITTER: Hua J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672235 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature