Geraldine Moreno-Black, Shawn Boles, Deb Johnson-Shelton, Cody Evers
Exploring Categorical Body Mass Index Trajectories in Elementary School Children
The Journal of school health
hypothesised exposure multiple single procedures requiring general anaesthesia age 3 yr associated specific pattern deficits processing speed fine motor skills secondary analysis using factor cluster analyses data mayo anesthesia safety kids study conducted unexposed singly exposed multiply exposed children born olmsted county mn usa 1994 2007 sampled using propensityguided approach underwent neuropsychological testing ages 812 1520 yr factor analysis data well fit five factor model subjects multiply singly exposed anaesthesia factor reflecting motor skills visualmotor integration processing speed significantly lower standardised difference 035 95 confidence interval ci 057 013 compared unexposed subjects factor associated exposure three groups identified cluster analysis 106 subjects 106 cluster lowest performance tests 557 559 cluster b 334 335 cluster c highest performance tests odds multiply exposed children belonging cluster 283 95 ci 149535 p0001 compared belonging cluster b significant association exposure status cluster membership multiple single exposures procedures requiring general anaesthesia age 3 yr associated specific pattern deficits neuropsychological tests factors predicting children develop pronounced deficits remain unknown