Longitudinal effects of gestational age on academic performance in children born preterm

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Early human development Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106329

Jamie Mahurin-Smith , Stephen Petrill

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate longitudinal changes in reading and math performance among children born prematurely.

Study design

We evaluated data from across an 8-year period for 768 participants in the Western Reserve Reading and Math Project (WRRMP). We assessed their performance on Woodcock-Johnson math and reading subtests as a function of gestational age and parental education.

Results

On the reading comprehension, word identification, and applied math subtests, gestational age was associated with performance decrements, while parental education was linked to improved performance.

Conclusions

Preterm birth continues to predict lower standardized test scores for reading and math across the time period of this longitudinal dataset; higher levels of parent education partially offset these effects.

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胎龄对早产儿学习成绩的纵向影响

目的探讨早产儿阅读和数学成绩的纵向变化。研究设计我们评估了西部保护区阅读和数学项目（WRRMP）中768名参与者8年期间的数据。我们评估了他们在伍德考克-约翰逊数学和阅读子测试中的表现，作为胎龄和父母教育的函数。结果在阅读理解、单词识别和应用数学三项测试中，胎龄与成绩下降有关，而父母教育与成绩提高有关。在这个纵向数据集的时间段内，早产继续预测较低的阅读和数学标准化考试成绩；较高的父母教育水平部分抵消了这些影响。

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来源期刊

Early human development 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

4.00%

发文量

100

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Established as an authoritative, highly cited voice on early human development, Early Human Development provides a unique opportunity for researchers and clinicians to bridge the communication gap between disciplines. Creating a forum for the productive exchange of ideas concerning early human growth and development, the journal publishes original research and clinical papers with particular emphasis on the continuum between fetal life and the perinatal period; aspects of postnatal growth influenced by early events; and the safeguarding of the quality of human survival. The first comprehensive and interdisciplinary journal in this area of growing importance, Early Human Development offers pertinent contributions to the following subject areas: Fetology; perinatology; pediatrics; growth and development; obstetrics; reproduction and fertility; epidemiology; behavioural sciences; nutrition and metabolism; teratology; neurology; brain biology; developmental psychology and screening.