Nehal A Parikh1, Lili He2, Venkata Sita Priyanka Illapani3, Mekibib Altaye4, Alonzo T Folger4, Keith O Yeates5. 1. Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Center for Perinatal Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. Electronic address: Nehal.Parikh@cchmc.org. 2. Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. 3. Perinatal Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH. 4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Division of Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. 5. Department of Psychology, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To externally validate the independent value of objectively diagnosed diffuse white matter abnormality (DWMA; also known as diffuse excessive high signal intensity) volume to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants (≤31 weeks of gestational age). STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, multicenter, regional population-based cohort study in 98 very preterm infants without severe brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). DWMA volume was diagnosed objectively on structural MRI at term-equivalent age using our published algorithm. Multivariable linear regression was used to assess the value of DWMA volume to predict cognitive and language scores on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) at 2 years corrected age. RESULTS: Of the infants who returned for follow-up (n = 74), the mean (SD) gestational age was 28.2 (2.4) weeks, and 42 (56.8%) were boys. In bivariable analyses, DWMA volume was a significant predictor of Bayley-III cognitive and language scores. In multivariable analyses, controlling for known predictors of Bayley-III scores (ie, socioeconomic status, gestational age, sex, and global brain abnormality score), DWMA volume remained a significant predictor of cognitive (P < .001) and language (P = .04) scores at 2 years. When dichotomized, objectively diagnosed severe DWMA was a significant predictor of cognitive and language impairments, whereas visual qualitative diagnosis of DWMA was a poor predictor. CONCLUSIONS: In this multicenter, prospective cohort study, we externally validated our previous findings that objectively diagnosed DWMA is an independent predictor of cognitive and language development in very preterm infants. We also demonstrated again that visually-diagnosed DWMA is not predictive of neurodevelopmental outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To externally validate the independent value of objectively diagnosed diffuse white matter abnormality (DWMA; also known as diffuse excessive high signal intensity) volume to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm infants (≤31 weeks of gestational age). STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, multicenter, regional population-based cohort study in 98 very preterm infants without severe brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). DWMA volume was diagnosed objectively on structural MRI at term-equivalent age using our published algorithm. Multivariable linear regression was used to assess the value of DWMA volume to predict cognitive and language scores on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (Bayley-III) at 2 years corrected age. RESULTS: Of the infants who returned for follow-up (n = 74), the mean (SD) gestational age was 28.2 (2.4) weeks, and 42 (56.8%) were boys. In bivariable analyses, DWMA volume was a significant predictor of Bayley-III cognitive and language scores. In multivariable analyses, controlling for known predictors of Bayley-III scores (ie, socioeconomic status, gestational age, sex, and global brain abnormality score), DWMA volume remained a significant predictor of cognitive (P < .001) and language (P = .04) scores at 2 years. When dichotomized, objectively diagnosed severe DWMA was a significant predictor of cognitive and language impairments, whereas visual qualitative diagnosis of DWMA was a poor predictor. CONCLUSIONS: In this multicenter, prospective cohort study, we externally validated our previous findings that objectively diagnosed DWMA is an independent predictor of cognitive and language development in very preterm infants. We also demonstrated again that visually-diagnosed DWMA is not predictive of neurodevelopmental outcomes.
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