Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children

Other intelligence tests were considered for use in the RUPP Autism Network studies, but were not chosen for various reasons (Arnold et al., 2000). The Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) General Cognitive Index is not strictly comparable to an IQ,... 

Cincinnati child cohort (258) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) at 4 years Various maternal and postnatal PbB levels, postnatal means or peak values Significant inverse association between neonate (10-day) PbBs and all K-ABC subscales, but only for poorest families Dietrich et al. (1991)... 

The study cohort (N = 300) was first studied using the Bayley Scales at 3 and 6 months (Dietrich et al., 1987). Assessments of exposures to Pb included a prenatal, mean PbB of 8.0 p,g/dl in cord blood, and both 10-day and 3-month PbB (concurrent with the first testing). The principal finding was that prenatal PbB (cord blood) was statistically inversely associated with the 3-month MDI portion after adjustment for confounders. This early association for Bayley Scales did not persist at 2 years (N = 297), using 11 different prenatal and postnatal measures (Dietrich et al., 1990). At 4 years of age, the cohort N = 258) was tested using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) and various maternal and postnatal PbB levels, either as mean or peak levels (Dietrich et al., 1991). The authors reported statistically significant inverse associations between 10-day PbBs and all K-ABC subscales, but only for the poorest subset of children. 

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