Preeclampsia and academic performance in children: A nationwide study from Iceland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertensive disorders complicate up to 10% of pregnancies. Evidence suggests a potential association between maternal hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, particularly preeclampsia, and adverse neurodevelopment in the offspring, but existing studies are subject to limitations. We aimed to assess whether in-utero exposure to preeclampsia/eclampsia negatively impacts academic performance at ages 9, 12 and 15 years.

Methods

Using individually linked, nationwide data from the Icelandic registries we followed all children born in 1989-2004 (N = 68,580), from birth until the end of 2014, thereof 63,014 (91.9%) took at least one standardized test. Using a stepwise, mixed-effects approach, we modelled the hypothesized relationship while adjusting for maternal, perina

SUBMITTER: Sverrisson FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249018 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature