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Table 4 Developmental state according to preterm or term delivery and primipara or multipara

From: Promoting factors of physical and mental development in early infancy: a comparison of preterm delivery/low birth weight infants and term infants

Developmental state

Preterm/LBW delivery (n = 31)

Term AFD delivery (n = 286)

p value

Term AFD delivery

p value

Primipara (n = 140)

Multipara (n = 146)

Development (KIDS)

  Motor score

10.0 [5–12]

10.0 [2–13]

0.240

10.0 [2–13]

10.0 [4–13]

0.326

  Motor skills

9.0 [5–12]

11.0 [3–14]

0.001

11.0 [6–14]

10.0 [3–14]

0.001

  Language comprehension

6.0 [1–8]

7.0 [1–8]

0.031

7.0 [1–8]

7.0 [2–8]

0.466

  Verbalization

6.0 [3–8]

6.0 [2–8]

0.950

6.0 [3–8]

6.0 [2–8]

0.054

  Sociability with adults

12.0 [4–16]

13.0 [6–19]

0.153

14.0 [6–19]

12.0 [6–19]

0.002

  Diet

4.0 [1–6]

4.0 [0–7]

0.143

4.0 [0–7]

4.0 [1–7]

0.470

  1. KIDS Kinder Infant Development Scale test
  2. Data are presented as the median with the range in square brackets