Table 1

Performance profile of children with a low average cognitive performance (BSID-III cognitive composite score ≤90) at 18–24 months assessed using two testing methods: the BSID-III and a summative measure of performance on the Babyscreen application

BSID-IIIcc >90 (n=70)BSID-IIIcc ≤90 (n=17)P value*
Cognitive composite105 (100 to 115)90 (82.5 to 90)<0.001
Language composite106 (100 to 117)97 (90 to 105)0.003
Motor composite107 (100 to 112)97 (94 to 101)<0.001
Babyscreen score11 (8.5 to 13)7 (6 to 8.5)0.003
BST z-score0.31 (−0.46 to 0.76)−1.08 (−1.51 to −0.46)0.001
  • Babyscreen score=total number of touchscreen items completed without visual demonstration. BST z-score=age-adjusted Babyscreen z-score grouped by age 18–21 and 22–24 months. Values listed as median (IQR),

  • *P value=Mann-Whitney U between children with BSID-III >90 and those with BSID-III ≤90.