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Table 1 ASEBA Adult Self-Report in two groups of young adults born with low birth weight and a control group

From: Mental health, quality of life and social relations in young adults born with low birth weight

 

VLBW

SGA

Control

 

Mean

(SD)

p

Mean

(SD)

p

Mean

(SD)

Problem scores (n = 42/55/73)

        

Anxious/Depressed

6.8

(7.0)

0.029

8.6

(7.6)

< 0.001

4.2

(5.1)

Withdrawn

2.0

(2.2)

0.22

3.1

(2.9)

< 0.001

1.5

(1.8)

Somatic Complaints

2.7

(2.8)

0.057

3.5

(4.3)

0.015

1.7

(2.3)

Thought Problems

2.1

(2.4)

0.16

2.9

(3.2)

< 0.001

1.3

(1.8)

Attention Problems

7.0

(4.9)

0.16

8.0

(4.7)

0.006

5.7

(4.2)

Aggressive Behavior

4.1

(3.8)

0.079

5.3

(5.2)

0.008

2.9

(3.1)

Rule-breaking Behavior

2.4

(2.6)

0.36

3.0

(3.3)

0.091

2.1

(2.6)

Intrusive

1.2

(1.2)

0.17

2.3

(2.1)

0.23

1.8

(1.8)

Internalizing Problems

11.6

(10.7)

0.042

15.1

(13.3)

< 0.001

7.4

(7.3)

Externalizing Problems

7.7

(6.1)

0.38

10.5

(9.0)

0.019

6.7

(5.9)

Total Problems

35.5

(24.4)

0.067

46.0

(30.2)

< 0.001

27.8

(20.8)

Adaptive scores (n = 42/55/74)

        

Friends scale (Total score)

10.3

(1.7)

0.023

10.4

(1.6)

0.010

11.1

(1.1)

Family scale (Total score)

1.4

(0.5)

0.11

1.5

(0.4)

0.58

1.5

(0.4)

  1. P-values vs. controls based on Mann–Whitney U test.
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