Association of perinatal factors with suspected developmental delay in urban children aged 1–36 months - a large-scale cross-sectional study in China
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- You Yang; Lei Shi; Xingming Jin; Shilu Tong
- Source
- BMC Pediatrics, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
- Subject
- Children
Perinatal factors
Developmental delay
Infants
Toddlers
Body mass index
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1471-2431
Abstract Background Studies on perinatal risk factors and the developmental delay of children have been inconclusive and few studies have assessed the association between infants and toddlers’ body mass index (BMI) and developmental outcomes. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of children aged 1—36 months who had a routine physical examination in the child health departments of hospitals from March 2018 to November 2021 in 16 provinces, 4 autonomous regions and 2 municipalities directly under the central government by using the Infant Toddler Growth Development Screening Test (ITGDST). Normal children were defined as those with scores ≥ mean – 2 standard deviations (SD), while children with developmental delay were those with scores