title: Neurodevelopmental outcome and risk factors for impaired development of African American infants in an underserved urban population: a population-based study.
abstract: We aimed 1) to define risk factors for adverse outcome in urban African American patients, 2) to determine whether clinical variables as risk factors are congruent with previously published data, and 3) to identify the proportion of infants with different outcomes. The study included African American infants who were born and participated in neurodevelopmental follow-up. Infants with gestational age range of 23 to 41 weeks, and birth weight (BW) range of 495 to 3,965 g were classified by developmental outcome. Among the smallest infants, BW, gestational age, gender and respiratory distress syndrome were significantly (p&lt;.05) associated with adverse outcome. No significant risk factors were identified for adverse outcome in the two other birth weight categories. Adverse outcomes were seen more frequently in infants with BW ≤1,500 g than in larger infants. The number of infants with severe outcome was found higher than previously reported and may be related to different racial/generational origin.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Neonatal High-Risk Follow-up Clinic, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perenyi
authors.forename: Joanne S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Tzipporah
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sklar
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flom
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000208:ethnology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014504:Urban Health