Association of Apgar score at 5 minutes with academic performance and intelligence in youth: A cohort study.
Agnes Kielgast LadelundFrederik Jager BruunJulie Anna SlavenskySteen LadelundUlrik Schiøler KesmodelPublished in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2022)
Performances when graduating school and attending conscription were overall equal regardless of Apgar score at 5 minutes. Chances of graduating primary school were the same irrespective of the score, but chances of graduating upper secondary education and attending conscription were significantly lower with scores below 7. The results suggest that children with scores below 7 may fail to appear at upper secondary education and conscription, but if they do, they perform equally to anyone else.