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How this measure captures developmental delays for very preterm infants may provide support for continued use in pediatric care settings.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To determine whether autism risk screening with the 2-stage parent-report autism risk screening tool at age 2 years is associated with behavioral and developmental outcomes at age 3 in very preterm infants.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>Neonatal Neurobehavior and Outcomes for Very Preterm Infants was a longitudinal, multisite cohort study. Enrollment occurred April 2014 to June 2016, and analyses were conducted from November 2022 to May 2023. Data were collected across 9 university-affiliated neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Inclusion criteria were infants born less than 30 weeks\u2019 gestational age, a parent who could read and speak English and\/or Spanish, and residence within 3 hours of the NICU and follow-up clinic.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Prematurity and use of the 2-stage parent-report autism risk screening tool at age 2 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Outcomes include cognitive, language, motor composites on Bayley Scales for Infant and Toddler Development, third edition (Bayley-III) and internalizing, externalizing, total problems, and pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) subscale on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) at age 3 years. Generalized estimating equations tested associations between the 2-stage parent-report autism risk screening tool and outcomes, adjusting for covariates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>A total of 467 children (mean [SD] gestational age, 27.1 [1.8] weeks; 243 male [52%]) were screened with the 2-stage parent-report autism risk screening tool at age 2 years, and outcome data at age 3 years were included in analyses. Mean (SD) maternal age at birth was 29 (6) years. A total of 51 children (10.9%) screened positive on the 2-stage parent-report autism risk screening tool at age 2 years. Children with positive screening results were more likely to have Bayley-III composites of 84 or less on cognitive (adjusted odds ratio [aOR],\u20094.03; 95% CI, 1.65-9.81), language (aOR,\u20095.38; 95% CI, 2.43-11.93), and motor (aOR,\u20094.74; 95% CI, 2.19-10.25) composites and more likely to have CBCL scores of 64 or higher on internalizing (aOR,\u20094.83; 95% CI, 1.88-12.44), externalizing (aOR,\u20092.69; 95% CI, 1.09-6.61), and PDD (aOR,\u20093.77; 95% CI, 1.72-8.28) scales.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>Results suggest that the 2-stage parent-report autism risk screening tool administered at age 2 years was a meaningful screen for developmental delays in very preterm infants, with serious delays detected at age 3 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamapediatrics.2023.5727","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,26]],"date-time":"2023-12-26T16:01:19Z","timestamp":1703606479000},"page":"168","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Two-Year Autism Risk Screening and 3-Year Developmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants"],"prefix":"10.1001","volume":"178","author":[{"given":"Coral L.","family":"Shuster","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephen J.","family":"Sheinkopf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment, University of Missouri, Columbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elisabeth C.","family":"McGowan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island"},{"name":"Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julie A.","family":"Hofheimer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"T. 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