Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood

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Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood. / Bilsteen, Josephine Funck; Alenius, Suvi; Bråthen, Magne; Børch, Klaus; Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn; Kajantie, Eero; Lashkariani, Mariam; Nurhonen, Markku; Risnes, Kari; Sandin, Sven; van der Wel, Kjetil A; Wolke, Dieter; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo.

In: Pediatrics, Vol. 149, No. 1, e2021051959, 2022.

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Bilsteen, JF, Alenius, S, Bråthen, M, Børch, K, Ekstrøm, CT, Kajantie, E, Lashkariani, M, Nurhonen, M, Risnes, K, Sandin, S, van der Wel, KA, Wolke, D & Andersen, A-MN 2022, 'Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood', Pediatrics, vol. 149, no. 1, e2021051959. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-051959

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Bilsteen, J. F., Alenius, S., Bråthen, M., Børch, K., Ekstrøm, C. T., Kajantie, E., Lashkariani, M., Nurhonen, M., Risnes, K., Sandin, S., van der Wel, K. A., Wolke, D., & Andersen, A-M. N. (2022). Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood. Pediatrics, 149(1), [e2021051959]. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-051959

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Bilsteen JF, Alenius S, Bråthen M, Børch K, Ekstrøm CT, Kajantie E et al. Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood. Pediatrics. 2022;149(1). e2021051959. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-051959

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Bilsteen, Josephine Funck ; Alenius, Suvi ; Bråthen, Magne ; Børch, Klaus ; Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn ; Kajantie, Eero ; Lashkariani, Mariam ; Nurhonen, Markku ; Risnes, Kari ; Sandin, Sven ; van der Wel, Kjetil A ; Wolke, Dieter ; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo. / Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood. In: Pediatrics. 2022 ; Vol. 149, No. 1.

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title = "Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Adults born preterm (<37 weeks) have lower educational attainment than those born term. Whether this relationship is modified by family factors such as socioeconomic background is, however, less well known. We investigated whether the relationship between gestational age and educational attainment in adulthood differed according to parents' educational level in 4 Nordic countries.METHODS: This register-based cohort study included singletons born alive from 1987 up to 1992 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In each study population, we investigated effect modification by parents' educational level (low, intermediate, high) on the association between gestational age at birth (25-44 completed weeks) and low educational attainment at 25 years (not having completed upper secondary education) using general estimation equations logistic regressions.RESULTS: A total of 4.3%, 4.0%, 4.8%, and 5.0% singletons were born preterm in the Danish (n = 331 448), Finnish (n = 220 095), Norwegian (n = 292 840), and Swedish (n = 513 975) populations, respectively. In all countries, both lower gestational age and lower parental educational level contributed additively to low educational attainment. For example, in Denmark, the relative risk of low educational attainment was 1.84 (95% confidence interval 1.44 to 2.26) in adults born at 28 to 31 weeks whose parents had high educational level and 5.25 (95% confidence interval 4.53 to 6.02) in adults born at 28 to 31 weeks whose parents had low educational level, compared with a reference group born at 39 to 41 weeks with high parental educational level.CONCLUSIONS: Although higher parental education level was associated with higher educational attainment for all gestational ages, parental education did not mitigate the educational disadvantages of shorter gestational age.",
author = "Bilsteen, {Josephine Funck} and Suvi Alenius and Magne Br{\aa}then and Klaus B{\o}rch and Ekstr{\o}m, {Claus Thorn} and Eero Kajantie and Mariam Lashkariani and Markku Nurhonen and Kari Risnes and Sven Sandin and {van der Wel}, {Kjetil A} and Dieter Wolke and Andersen, {Anne-Marie Nybo}",
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doi = "10.1542/peds.2021-051959",
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T1 - Gestational Age, Parent Education, and Education in Adulthood

AU - Bilsteen, Josephine Funck

AU - Alenius, Suvi

AU - Bråthen, Magne

AU - Børch, Klaus

AU - Ekstrøm, Claus Thorn

AU - Kajantie, Eero

AU - Lashkariani, Mariam

AU - Nurhonen, Markku

AU - Risnes, Kari

AU - Sandin, Sven

AU - van der Wel, Kjetil A

AU - Wolke, Dieter

AU - Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - BACKGROUND: Adults born preterm (<37 weeks) have lower educational attainment than those born term. Whether this relationship is modified by family factors such as socioeconomic background is, however, less well known. We investigated whether the relationship between gestational age and educational attainment in adulthood differed according to parents' educational level in 4 Nordic countries.METHODS: This register-based cohort study included singletons born alive from 1987 up to 1992 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In each study population, we investigated effect modification by parents' educational level (low, intermediate, high) on the association between gestational age at birth (25-44 completed weeks) and low educational attainment at 25 years (not having completed upper secondary education) using general estimation equations logistic regressions.RESULTS: A total of 4.3%, 4.0%, 4.8%, and 5.0% singletons were born preterm in the Danish (n = 331 448), Finnish (n = 220 095), Norwegian (n = 292 840), and Swedish (n = 513 975) populations, respectively. In all countries, both lower gestational age and lower parental educational level contributed additively to low educational attainment. For example, in Denmark, the relative risk of low educational attainment was 1.84 (95% confidence interval 1.44 to 2.26) in adults born at 28 to 31 weeks whose parents had high educational level and 5.25 (95% confidence interval 4.53 to 6.02) in adults born at 28 to 31 weeks whose parents had low educational level, compared with a reference group born at 39 to 41 weeks with high parental educational level.CONCLUSIONS: Although higher parental education level was associated with higher educational attainment for all gestational ages, parental education did not mitigate the educational disadvantages of shorter gestational age.

AB - BACKGROUND: Adults born preterm (<37 weeks) have lower educational attainment than those born term. Whether this relationship is modified by family factors such as socioeconomic background is, however, less well known. We investigated whether the relationship between gestational age and educational attainment in adulthood differed according to parents' educational level in 4 Nordic countries.METHODS: This register-based cohort study included singletons born alive from 1987 up to 1992 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In each study population, we investigated effect modification by parents' educational level (low, intermediate, high) on the association between gestational age at birth (25-44 completed weeks) and low educational attainment at 25 years (not having completed upper secondary education) using general estimation equations logistic regressions.RESULTS: A total of 4.3%, 4.0%, 4.8%, and 5.0% singletons were born preterm in the Danish (n = 331 448), Finnish (n = 220 095), Norwegian (n = 292 840), and Swedish (n = 513 975) populations, respectively. In all countries, both lower gestational age and lower parental educational level contributed additively to low educational attainment. For example, in Denmark, the relative risk of low educational attainment was 1.84 (95% confidence interval 1.44 to 2.26) in adults born at 28 to 31 weeks whose parents had high educational level and 5.25 (95% confidence interval 4.53 to 6.02) in adults born at 28 to 31 weeks whose parents had low educational level, compared with a reference group born at 39 to 41 weeks with high parental educational level.CONCLUSIONS: Although higher parental education level was associated with higher educational attainment for all gestational ages, parental education did not mitigate the educational disadvantages of shorter gestational age.

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DO - 10.1542/peds.2021-051959

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 34877601

VL - 149

JO - Pediatrics

JF - Pediatrics

SN - 0031-4005

IS - 1

M1 - e2021051959

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