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Table 2 Differences in mean Child Behavior Checklist scores between moderately preterm and children
term-born
< 0.001 < 0.01 < 0.001
Sleep problems
Attention problems
Aggressive behaviour 10.04 6.75 9.22 6.17 0.82 (0.14-1.50) < 0.05
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Prevalence of behavioural and emotional problems
CBCL problems scale
Preterm (n=916)
Mean SD
Term (n=543)
Mean SD
Difference (95% CI) P-value*
Total problems Externalizing problems Internalizing problems
Emotionally reactive Anxious/depressed Somatic complaints Withdrawn
30.40 19.41 12.44 8.12 7.93 6.71
2.75 2.67 1.78 2.06 2.05 2.22 1.35 1.52 2.03 2.34 2.40 2.02
26.36 17.80 11.03 7.50 6.60 5.85
2.34 2.31 1.43 1.74 1.77 1.96 1.07 1.38 1.62 2.11 1.81 1.84
4.04 (2.08-6.00) 1.41 (0.59-2.23) 1.33 (0.67-1.98)
0.41 (0.15-0.67) 0.35 (0.15-0.55) 0.28 (0.06-0.50) 0.29 (0.13-0.44) 0.41 (0.18-0.65) 0.59 (0.39-0.79)
< 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.01 < 0.001
* P-values calculated by t-tests; non-parametric testing provided the same significance of P-values for all differences, except for somatic complaints (p=0.051) and aggressive behaviour (p=0.054)
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