Five and 10 minute Apgar scores and risks of cerebral palsy and epilepsy: population based cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate associations between Apgar score at five and 10 minutes across the entire range of score values (from 0 to 10) and risks of childhood cerebral palsy or epilepsy, and to analyse the effect of changes in Apgar scores from five to 10 minutes after birth in infants born ≥37 completed weeks.

Design, setting, and participants

Population based cohort study in Sweden, including 1 213 470 non-malformed live singleton infants, born at term between 1999 and 2012. Data on maternal and pregnancy characteristics and diagnoses of cerebral palsy and epilepsy were obtained by individual record linkages of nationwide Swedish registries.

Exposures

Apgar scores at five and 10 minutes.

Main outcome measure

Cerebral palsy and epilepsy diagnosed up to 16 year

SUBMITTER: Persson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5802319 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature