Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Preterm Infants with Mild White Matter Injury, 2011-2018

35 infants with isolated mild non-cystic white matter injury (WMI) were compared to 328 without brain injury in a population-based cohort from Tyrol, Austria. Neurodevelopmental assessments using the Bayley Scales and other standardized tests were conducted at 12 months, 24 months, and 5 years corrected age. The study, published on figshare, found no significant association between isolated mild WMI and adverse outcomes up to age 5.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between specific MRI findings (Kidokoro PVL grade) and long-term cognitive scores based on the described cohort study.
• Training predictive models for neurodevelopmental outcomes using features like gestational age and MRI injury grade mentioned in the description.
• Benchmarking clinical assessment tools (Bayley Scales, WPPSI-III) against a cohort of very preterm infants as described in the study.

Strengths

• The dataset is based on a population-based cohort of 363 infants, providing a defined study sample.
• Longitudinal neurodevelopmental data was collected at three time points up to 5 years of age.
• Specific MRI grading criteria (Kidokoro PVL grade 1–2) were used to define the injury group.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 23.4 KB, suggesting it contains summary-level results or a document rather than raw patient-level data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single-region (Tyrol, Austria) cohort.

Provenance

Source

figshare admin karger

Collection Method

Population-based retrospective cohort study of infants born <32 gestational weeks in Tyrol, Austria.

Time Range

Infants born between 2011 and 2018, with follow-up assessments up to 5 years of age.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 07:55:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tyrol, Austria