title: [High-risk factors for quality of general movements in infants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the high-risk factors for the quality of general movements (GMs), which has a predictive value for brain dysfunction in infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 618 infants in the stage of writhing movements and 539 infants in the stage of fidgety movements were selected separately for the evaluation of GMs. The high-risk factors for the quality of GMs in infants were analyzed by ANOVA, chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the factors significantly associated with the quality of GMs in the stage of writhing movements were gestational age (OR=0.762, P<0.001), birth weight (OR=0.264, P<0.001), severe asphyxia (OR=2.445, P=0.012), and intrauterine distress (OR=4.865, P<0.001); the factors significantly associated with the quality of GMs in the stage of fidget movements were gestational age (OR=0.786, P=0.003), birth weight (OR=0.217, P<0.001), severe asphyxia (OR=3.765, P=0.001), and hyperbilirubinemia (OR=2.640, P=0.028).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Low gestational age, low birth weight, severe asphyxia, hyperbilirubinemia and intrauterine distress are high-risk factors for abnormal GMs in infants, and early screening and intervention should be performed to reduce the incidence of abnormal nervous system sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Union Hospital, Binzhou Medical College, Binzhou, Shandong 256603, China. caoaihua@163.com.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ling-Dan
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Chun-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Fang-Qin
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ai-Hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000150:complications; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors