Table 4. Association between being born very or moderate preterm and school performance.
Measure | Very preterm(<32 weeks) | Moderate preterm(32–36 weeks) | ||
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Unadjusted | Fully adjusted*†‡ | Unadjusted | Fully adjusted*†‡ | |
Poor outcome at KS1 | ||||
Matched for DOB | 2.45 (1.67–3.60) | 2.26 (1.49–3.42) | 1.48 (1.22–1.81) | 1.29 (1.02–1.62) |
Matched for EDD | 2.69 (1.85–3.91) | 2.34 (1.55–3.54) | 1.58 (1.29–1.93) | 1.37 (1.09–1.72) |
Matched for EDD and same year of schooling | 1.88 (1.10–3.21) | 1.59 (0.89–2.84) | 1.41 (1.12–1.77) | 1.22 (0.94–1.57) |
Poor outcome at KS2 | ||||
Matched for DOB | 1.97 (1.35–2.87) | 1.81 (1.19–2.75) | 1.17 (0.97–1.41) | 1.10 (0.89–1.36) |
Matched for EDD | 2.20 (1.49–3.26) | 1.86 (1.18–2.92) | 1.24 (1.03–1.50) | 1.12 (0.90–1.39) |
Matched for EDD and same year of schooling | 1.82 (1.14–2.91) | 1.55 (0.90–2.69) | 1.06 (0.86–1.30) | 0.97 (0.76–1.23) |
Poor outcome at KS3 | ||||
Matched for DOB | 2.11 (1.43–3.13) | 1.86 (1.17–2.95) | 1.14 (0.94–1.37) | 0.99 (0.80–1.22) |
Matched for EDD | 2.11 (1.41–3.16) | 1.91 (1.18–3.07) | 1.16 (0.96–1.41) | 1.05 (0.84–1.30) |
Matched for EDD and same year of schooling | 2.23 (1.31–3.79) | 2.00 (1.07–3.73) | 1.10 (0.89–1.37) | 0.95 (0.73–1.23) |
Poor outcome at KS4 | ||||
Matched for DOB | 1.74 (1.22–2.50) | 1.84 (1.20–2.83) | 1.13 (0.94–1.35) | 1.05 (0.85–1.30) |
Matched for EDD | 1.89 (1.30–2.75) | 1.84 (1.20–2.83) | 1.16 (0.96–1.39) | 1.05 (0.85–1.31) |
Matched for EDD and same year of schooling | 1.88 (1.18–3.02) | 1.63 (0.95–2.78) | 1.05 (0.86–1.29) | 0.93 (0.73–1.19) |
Special educational needs (KS4) | ||||
Matched for DOB | 2.09 (1.43–3.06) | 1.76 (1.06–2.95) | 1.46 (1.21–1.76) | 1.27 (1.03–1.58) |
Matched for EDD | 2.10 (1.48–2.99) | 1.90 (1.26–2.87) | 1.53 (1.27–1.85) | 1.33 (1.06–1.65) |
Matched for EDD and same year of schooling | 1.84 (1.14–2.98) | 1.78 (1.05–3.02) | 1.34 (1.09–1.66) | 1.15 (0.90–1.46) |
* Adjusted for ethnicity, maternal education, socio-economic group and age, gender, parity, weight, length and head circumference at birth, mode of delivery and maternal hypertension
Measures are OR (95% CI) for preterm infants vs. term infants