Table 2:

Prevalence of infants with each item in GM or cerebellum score (VPT infants/term infants)

VariablesGM or Cerebellum Score
Score 0Score 1Score 2Score 3Score 4
Cortical GM
    Signal abnormalityNone (97/22)Focal unilateral (0/0)Focal bilateral (0/0)Extensive unilateral (0/0)Extensive bilateral (0/0)
    Gyral maturationDelay < 2 weeks (96/22)2 ≤ delay < 4 weeks (1/0)Delay ≥4 weeks (0/0)
    Increased extracerebral spaceIHD < 4 mm (61/20)4 mm ≤ IHD < 5 mm (20/2)5 mm ≤ IHD < 6 mm (8/0)IHD ≥6 mm (8/0)
Deep GM
    Signal abnormalityNone (92/22)Focal unilateral (2/0)Focal bilateral (2/0)Extensive unilateral (0/0)Extensive bilateral (1/0)
    Volume reductioncDGMA ≥9.5 (53/20)9.5 > cDGMA ≥8.5 (35/2)8.5 > cDGMA ≥7.5 (8/0)7.5 > cDGMA (1/0)
Cerebellum
    Signal abnormalityNone (74/22)Punctate unilateral (10/0)Punctate bilateral (5/0)Extensive unilateral (4/0)Extensive bilateral (4/0)
    Volume reductioncTCD ≥50 mm (43/20)50 mm > cTCD ≥47 mm (31/2)47 mm > cTCD ≥44 mm (18/0)cTCD < 44 mm (5/0)
  • Note:—cDGMA indicates corrected deep GM area (cm2); cTCD, corrected transcerebellar diameter; IHD, interhemispheric distance.