Associations of preterm and early-term birth with suspected developmental coordination disorder: a national retrospective cohort study in children aged 3-10 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study analyzed the motor development and suspected developmental coordination disorder of very and moderately preterm (< 34⁺⁰ gestational age), late preterm (34⁺⁰-36⁺⁶ gestational week), and early-term (37⁺⁰-38⁺⁶ gestational week) children compared to their full-term peers with a national population-based sample in China.

Methods

A total of 1673 children (799 girls, 874 boys) aged 3-10 years old were individually assessed with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-second edition (MABC-2). The association between gestational age and motor performance of children was analyzed using a multilevel regression model.

Results

The global motor performance [β =  - 5.111, 95% confidence interval (CI) =

SUBMITTER: Liu MX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974676 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature