Language and cognitive outcome for high-risk neonates at the age of 2-3 years - experience from an Arab Country

Table 6 Comparison between presence vs absence of maternal risk factors regarding language parameters and cognitive abilities

	Maternal risk factors				P-value
	Absence		Presence
	Median	Range	Median	Range
Receptive language score	66	51.0-115.0	77	51.0-115.0	0.3
Receptive language age (mo)	22	1.0-43.0	22.5	1.0-37.0	0.8
Expressive language score	53	50.0-105.0	53.5	50.0-112.0	0.6
Expressive language age (mo)	20	1.0-39.0	19	1.0-41.0	0.9
Total language score	51	8.0-124.0	52	50.0-117.0	0.7
Total language age (mo)	23	1.0-39.0	19.5	1.0-39.0	0.9
IQ score	78	53.0-133.0	78	29.0-110.0	0.78
Social age (mo)	31	19.0-44.0	28	12.0-41.0	0.008a
Mental age (mo)	24	12.0-6.0	24	12.0-6.0	0.3

Test used: Mann-Whitney;

^aP < 0.05.