Ali Saad R Alsubaie
Consumption and correlates of sweet foods, carbonated beverages, and energy drinks among primary school children in Saudi Arabia
Saudi medical journal
compared educational achievements lowbirthweight vlbw lowbirthweight lbw adolescents ages 16 19 normalbirthweight nbw peers complete finnish birth cohorts 1987 1997 focused three key phases education process end compulsory education 9thgrade completion transition completion upper secondarylevel education used register data grades educational transitions completed education employed multiple indicators progression education process estimated populationlevel withinfamilies linear probability lpm models robustness checks population level using logistic regression tested whether parental education childs sex modify association vlbw educational achievement results descriptive analysis populationlevel withinfamily lpm models indicate vlbw associated increased risk able keep normative education process compete upper secondary education study places end compulsory education modifying effect parental education robust whereas childs sex among vlbw students able keep normative education process vlbw associated lower grade point average meaningfully lower probability completing upper secondary education normative age upper secondarylevel educational choices achievements children born vlbw managed complete standard compulsory education curriculum complete transition upper secondarylevel education within expected time essence differ nbw children specific characteristics finnish education system likely contributed results grading compulsory education relatively loosely standardized