Five-minute Apgar score as a marker for developmental vulnerability at 5 years of age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the relationship between the 5 min Apgar score and developmental vulnerability at 5 years of age.

Design

Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Manitoba, Canada.

Participants

All children born between 1999 and 2006 at term gestation, with a documented 5 min Apgar score.

Exposure

5 min Apgar score.

Main outcome measures

Childhood development at 5 years of age, expressed as vulnerability (absent vs present) on five domains of the Early Development Instrument: physical health, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive development, and communication skills.

Results

Of the 33,883 children in the study, most (82%) had an Apgar score of 9; 1% of children had a score <7 and 5.6% had a score of 1

SUBMITTER: Razaz N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4789716 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature