Maternally reported fetal activity levels and developmental diagnoses

Retrospective maternal report of fetal activity level was compared with developmental diagnosis in 608 consecutively referred children. Maternal history of fetal activity level was also obtained from 140 unmatched well children in a general pediatric clinic. Fetal hyperactivity was positively associ...

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Published inClinical pediatrics Vol. 36; no. 5; p. 279
Main Authors Accardo, P, Tomazic, T, Fete, T, Heaney, M S, Lindsay, R, Whitman, B Y
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.1997
Subjects
Apgar Score
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fetus - physiology
Fetus - physiopathology
Humans
Hyperkinesis - genetics
Hypokinesia - genetics
Intellectual Disability - genetics
Male
Pregnancy
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Summary:Retrospective maternal report of fetal activity level was compared with developmental diagnosis in 608 consecutively referred children. Maternal history of fetal activity level was also obtained from 140 unmatched well children in a general pediatric clinic. Fetal hyperactivity was positively associated with a diagnosis of child hyperactivity, and fetal hypoactivity was positively associated with a diagnosis of mental retardation in the children. Maternal histories of fetal activity level in the control group weakened the strength of the association between fetal hyperactivity and child hyperactivity but did not affect the association between fetal hypoactivity and mental retardation in children.
ISSN:0009-9228
DOI:10.1177/000992289703600505