INSERT Table 4
Prevalence of DCD
The reported prevalence of DCD in preterm children ranged from 7% to
48%. With all 32 studies included, there were a total of 31184 preterm
participants, 5962 of them were identified with DCD. The pooled
estimates of DCD rates in preterm was 21% (95% CI 17.8 – 24.3), with
high heterogeneity found between studies (I2 =
93.83%). Figure 2 shows the metanalyses with all 32 studies.