Association Between Gestational Age and Academic Achievement of Children Born at Term.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Differences in academic achievement by gestational age of children born at term, especially at 39 to 41 weeks, are not well understood.

Objective

To examine differences in academic achievement among children born between 37 and 41 weeks' gestational age.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study linked birth certificates of children born in Iowa from 1989 to 2009 with school test scores for grades 2 to 11 from 2017 to 2018. Statistical analysis was performed from January to March 2023.

Exposures

Gestational age at 37, 38, 39, and 41 weeks vs 40 weeks from clinical or obstetric and calendar measures.

Main outcomes and measures

Outcomes were scores in national percentile rankings (NPRs) on standardized school tests in mat

SUBMITTER: Wehby GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10391305 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature