Children with oral clefts are at greater risk for persistent low achievement in school than classmates.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine trajectories in academic achievement for children with oral clefts versus unaffected classmates and explore predictors of persistently low achievement among children with oral clefts.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study of academic achievement in a population-based sample.

Setting and participants

Children born from 1983 through 2003 with oral clefts were identified from the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders and matched to unaffected classmates by sex, school/school district and month and year of birth.

Main outcome measures

Academic achievement was measured from Iowa Testing Programs data. Outcomes included achievement scores in reading, language and mathematics.

Results

Academic achievement data were available for

SUBMITTER: Wehby GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5018039 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature