Table 3:

Characteristics of preterm sample and term reference samplea

MRI ScoresEarly MRITerm MRITerm Reference Sample
White matter3 [2–4]1 [1–3]0 [0–0]
Cortical gray matter0 [0–1]0 [0–1]0 [0–0]
Deep gray matter0 [0–1]0 [0–1]0 [0–0]
Cerebellum0 [0–0]0 [0–1]0 [0–0]
Global score4 [3–7]3 [1–5]0 [0–0]
  • a Early MRI, 29 to 35 weeks PMA; term MRI, 40 to 42 weeks PMA. Data are median [IQR].