William V Padula, Katherine A Connor, Josiah M Mueller, Jonathan C Hong, Gabriela Calderon Velazquez, Sara B Johnson
Cost Benefit of Comprehensive Primary and Preventive School-Based Health Care
American journal of preventive medicine
investigate effects born late preterm lpt 3436 weeks gestation early term 3738 weeks childrens educational achievement ages 5 11 years series observational studies longitudinal linked health education data borninbradford bib birth cohort study recruited mothers pregnancy 2007 2011 participants children born 2007 2011 children missing data lookedafterchildren multiple births births postterm excluded sample size varies age according amount missing data 7860 children age 5 years 2386 age 11 years 8031 age 6 years 5560 age 7 years binary variables whether child reached expected level overall educational achievement across subjects ages 5 6 7 11 years achievement levels measured using standardised teacher assessments national tests compared fullterm births 3941 weeks significantly increased adjusted odds children born lpt early term failing achieve expected levels overall educational achievement ages 5 years adjusted aor 17295 ci 134 221 7 years aor 146 95 ci 108 197 age 11 years aor 151 95 ci 099 230 born lpt still statistically significant effects writing mathematics age 11 years strong association lpt education age 5 years remains strong statistically significant age 11 years mathematics key subjects