Numbers and odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of parents' evaluation of their child's school performances to be below average among 727 infants at 8–13 years of age related to Apgar scores five minutes after delivery and symptoms that may indicate neonatal encephalopathy* (SNE)
| Apgar 0–3 | Apgar 4–6 | Apgar 7–10 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + SNE (total=77) | − SNE (total=78) | + SNE (total=122) | − SNE (total=152) | + SNE (total=40) | − SNE (total=258) | |||||||
| *Symptoms that may indicate neonatal encephalopathy were defined as seizures, feeding difficulties, and/or ventilator treatment in the first week of life. Their distribution related to Apgar scores are specified in table 1; †including: below mean (n=72); far below mean (n=7); none classified as not capable. p=0.0006; ‡including: below mean (n=64); far below mean (n=5); not capable (n=1). p=0.10; §including: below mean (n=46); far below mean (n=6); not capable (n=2). p=0.03; ¶including: below mean (n=69); far below mean (n=12); not capable (n=4). p=0.05. | ||||||||||||
| Reading† | 19 | 4.6 (2.3 to 9.5) | 4 | 0.8 (0.3 to 2.4) | 15 | 2.0 (1.0 to 4.1) | 20 | 2.2 (1.1 to 4.3) | 4 | 1.6 (0.5 to 5.0) | 17 | 1.0 (ref) |
| Writing‡ | 14 | 2.6 (1.3 to 5.5) | 4 | 0.6 (0.2 to 2.0) | 12 | 1.3 (0.6 to 2.8) | 17 | 1.5 (0.8 to 3.0) | 3 | 1.0 (0.3 to 3.4) | 20 | 1.0 (ref) |
| Mathematics§ | 13 | 3.3 (1.5 to 7.3) | 2 | 0.4 (0.1 to 1.9) | 9 | 1.3 (0.5 to 3.0) | 12 | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.1) | 3 | 1.3 (0.4 to 4.8) | 15 | 1.0 (ref) |
| Spelling¶ | 15 | 2.5 (1.2 to 5.0) | 4 | 0.6 (0.2 to 1.7) | 18 | 1.8 (0.9 to 3.4) | 20 | 1.6 (0.8 to 2.9) | 5 | 1.5 (0.5 to 4.1) | 23 | 1.0 (ref) |