Birth weight and cognitive function at age 11 years: the Scottish Mental Survey 1932
Open Access
- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 85 (3) , 189-196
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.85.3.189
Abstract
AIMS To examine the relation between birth weight and cognitive function at age 11 years, and to examine whether this relation is independent of social class. METHODS Retrospective cohort study based on birth records from 1921 and cognitive function measured while at school at age 11 in 1932. Subjects were 985 live singletons born in the Edinburgh Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital in 1921. Moray House Test scores from the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 were traced on 449 of these children. RESULTS Mean score on Moray House Test increased from 30.6 at a birth weight of CONCLUSION In this 1921 birth cohort, social class and birth weight have independent effects on cognitive function at age 11. Future research will relate these childhood data to health and cognition in old age.Keywords
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