Extremely preterm children only
ParameterAdjusted for neonatal brain injury (n=291)Adjusted for gestational age (n=292)
Estimate (95% CI)Estimate (95% CI)
Fixed
 Constant82.4 (80.2 to 84.5)81.8 (79.2 to 84.4)
 Age0.2 (0.06 to 0.3)0.2 (0.06 to 0.3)
 Moderate-severe brain Injury−10.9 (−15.5 to −6.3)
 Gestational age <25 weeks−4.4 (−8.4 to −0.4)
Random
 Within-individual SD8.7 (8.1 to 9.4)8.7 (8.1 to 9.4)
 Between-individual
  Intercept SD15.6 (14.2 to 17.2)16.2 (14.7 to 17.7)
  Slope SD0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)
  corr(intercept, slope)0.3 (−0.03 to 0.6)0.3 (−0.02 to 0.6)
  • corr, correlation; EP, extremely preterm.