Table 3 Correlations of cerebral blood flow measures with Bayley III outcome scores in males and females with HC

From: Sex differences in cerebral blood flow following chorioamnionitis in healthy term infants

 

Cerebral blood flow measures

 

BA TAMX

BA CRI

ACA TAMX

ACA CRI

MCA TAMX

MCA CRI

HC males

 Cognitive composite score

  

r=−0.649

P=0.031

n=11

   

 Language composite score

 

r=+0.588

P=0.057

n=11

    

 Receptive language

   

r=+0.594

P=0.054

n=11

  

 Motor composite

  

r=−0.588

P=0.057

n=11

   

 Problem solving

  

r=−0.665

P=0.025

n=11

 

r=−0.839

P=0.001

n=11

 

 Personal–social

  

r=−0.803

P=0.003

n=11

   

HC females

 Motor composite

    

r=+0.742

P=0.056

n=7

 

 Fine motor

    

r=+0.839

P=0.018

n=7

 

 Personal-social

 

r=−0.918

P=0.004

n=7

    
  1. Abbreviations: ACA, anterior cerebral artery; BA, basilar artery; CRI, corrected resistive index; HC, histological chorioamnionitis; MCA, middle cerebral artery; TAMX, time-averaged maximum velocity.