Prachi Shah|Niko Kaciroti|Blair Richards|Julie C. Lumeng
Gestational Age and Kindergarten School Readiness in a National Sample of Preterm Infants
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
examine association gestational age school readiness kindergarten reading math skills hypothesized compared infants born 3941 weeks infants born lower gestational ages would poorer school readinessthe study sample comprised 5250 children early childhood longitudinal study birth cohort assessed specialized reading math assessments kindergarten poor school readiness characterized reading math theta scores 15 sd sample mean aor 95 ci poor school readiness estimated using multivariate logistic regression examining gestational age continuously categorically preterm vpt moderatelate preterm mlpt early term et term pairwise comparisons performed test differences gestational age categorythere association gestational age poor school readiness reading math suggestion threshold effect children born 32 weeks gestation adjusted models vpt infants aors poor school readiness reading math 258 95 ci 129515 338 95 ci 166691 respectively infants born mlpt et odds poor school readiness reading differ children born fullterm howevercompared term infants highest odds poor school readiness reading math seen vpt infants lower odds poor school readiness children born 32 weeks gestation ongoing developmental surveillance kindergarten indicated vpt infants