title: Visual, motor, and psychomotor development in small-for-gestational-age preterm infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study causal links between the visual, cognitive, and psychomotor outcomes of premature babies who are small for gestational age (SGA).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cohort study of 17 SGA cases and 34 controls who were appropriate for gestational age (AGA) was carried out. The cases were all premature babies without any other pathology. All subjects underwent a visual, mental, and psychomotor evaluation at 1 year of age.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the SGA cases, 41% had a "below normal" visual acuity versus 17.7% of the AGA controls. At 1 year of age the SGA babies showed an odds ratio of 18.73 for low visual acuity, 9.09 for low mental performance, and no significant risk for a decreased psychomotor performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this small cohort of premature infants, the SGA babies were more prone to developing low visual performance and abnormal cognitive development.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Low Vision Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Padua University, Italy.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinello
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manea
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Visonà Dalla Pozza
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazzarolo
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Facchin
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000502:physiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*