Table 2:

Overall frequencies and percentages of SV patterns for each brain hemisphere in the 3 groups of neonatesa

PatternVPMLPTNTotal Hemispheres
LeftRightLeftRightLeftRight
Type 128 (33.3%)42 (50%)15 (48.4%)20 (64.5%)36 (72%)32 (64%)173
Type 24 (4.8%)6 (7%)4 (12.9%)0 (0%)2 (4%)3 (6%)19
Type 336 (42.9%)25 (29.8)9 (29%)7 (22.6%)10 (20%)13 (26%)100
Type 47 (8.2%)4 (4.8%)3 (9.7%)1 (3.2%)2 (4%)2 (4%)19
Type 55 (6%)2 (2.4%)0 (0%)2 (6.5%)0 (0%)0 (0%)9
Type 64 (4.8%)5 (6%)0 (0%)1 (3.2%)0 (0%)0 (0%)10
  • Note:—MLP indicates moderate-to-late preterm neonates; TN, term neonates; VP, very preterm neonates.

  • a 84 VP neonates; 31 MLP neonates; 50 TN neonates.