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

Table 6 Comparison of 4-month-old infant development according to delivery circumstances

Development item (KIDS)	Type of delivery		p value	Was it a difficult delivery?			p value	Sex of infant		p value
Development item (KIDS)	Normal vaginal delivery (n = 248)	Caesarean section (n = 39)	p value	Yes (n = 189)	Neither (n = 45)	No (n = 51)	p value	Male (n = 153)	Female (n = 132)	p value
Motor score	10.0 [2–13]	10.0 [4–13]	0.451	10.0 [2–13]	10.0 [5–13]	10.0 [4–12]	0.478	10.0 [4–13]	10.0 [2–13]	0.533
Motor skills	11.0 [5–14]	10.0 [3–14]	0.076	11.0 [3–14]	11.0 [6–14]	10.0 [5–14]	0.571	11.0 [5–14]	11.0 [3–14]	0.251
Language comprehension	7.0 [2–8]	6.0 [1–8]	0.172	7.0 [1–8]	7.0 [2–8]	7.0 [2–8]	0.32	7.0 [2–8]	7.0 [1–8]	0.236
Verbalization	6.0 [2–9]	6.0 [3–8]	0.718	6.0 [3–8]	6.0 [3–8]	6.0 [2–9]	0.787	6.0 [2–9]	6.0 [2–8]	0.533
Sociability with adults	13.0 [6–19]	12.0 [6–18]	0.300	13.0 [6–18]	13.0 [6–17]	12.0 [8–19]	0.297	13.0 [6–19]	13.0 [6–19]	0.847
Diet	4.0 [0–7]	4.0 [1–7]	0.033	4.0 [0–7]	4.0 [1–7]	4.0 [1–7]	0.758	4.0 [1–7]	4.0 [0–7]	0.895

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