The 5-min Apgar score and primary school performance: a Dutch nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between the 5-min Apgar score and primary school performance. The national cohort study involves singletons born between 35+ 0-42 + 6 weeks of gestation from 2000 to 2009. The Dutch Perinatal Registry was linked with Statistics Netherland's database to study educational outcomes at primary school, focusing on special education use and a high track recommendation for secondary school at age 12. Multivariate (adjusted) logistic regression assessed the association between Apgar score (grouped as 0-3, 4-6, 7, 8, 9, and 10) and these outcomes. Of the 1,618,087 children available, a total of 6.4% attended special education at primary school. The highest rate of 14.3% was observed in the group with the lowest Apgar scores (0-3), graduall

SUBMITTER: Anema F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12553574 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature