G Dahlquist1, B Källén. 1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Paediatrics, Umeå University, 90185 Umeå, Sweden. gisela.dahlquist@pediatri.umu.se
Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: We examined the school marks of diabetic children in Sweden at the time of leaving compulsory education. Marks were examined in comparison with non-diabetic children and with special regard to age at onset of diabetes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study involved 5,159 children who developed diabetes between 1 July 1977 and 1 July 2000, and 1,330,968 non-diabetic children. We linked the nationwide Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register to the Swedish School-Mark Register, which contains school marks for all children in Sweden at the time of leaving compulsory education (usually at 16 years old). Adjustment was made for potential confounders such as year of birth, maternal age, parity and educational level. RESULTS: The mean of all numerical school marks for diabetic children was slightly but statistically significantly lower than those of the referent children (3.15 +/- 0.01 [mean + SD] vs 3.23, p < 0.001). The lowest mean score was among children with diabetes diagnosis before the age of 2 years (2.97 +/- 0.09 vs 3.08-3.17 in the older age groups, p = 0.10). When individual subjects were studied (sports, mathematics, English and Swedish), a more complex picture emerged. In four subjects (mathematics, English, Swedish and sports) the risk of a diabetic child not getting a school mark or not passing was increased; in sports and English the diabetic children had significantly reduced odds of getting a high mark. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: Despite a well-developed diabetes care system, we have not succeeded in preventing the disease from affecting school achievements. Among children with a young age at onset and therefore longer duration, the negative effects tend to be greater.
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: We examined the school marks of diabeticchildren in Sweden at the time of leaving compulsory education. Marks were examined in comparison with non-diabeticchildren and with special regard to age at onset of diabetes. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study involved 5,159 children who developed diabetes between 1 July 1977 and 1 July 2000, and 1,330,968 non-diabeticchildren. We linked the nationwide Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register to the Swedish School-Mark Register, which contains school marks for all children in Sweden at the time of leaving compulsory education (usually at 16 years old). Adjustment was made for potential confounders such as year of birth, maternal age, parity and educational level. RESULTS: The mean of all numerical school marks for diabeticchildren was slightly but statistically significantly lower than those of the referent children (3.15 +/- 0.01 [mean + SD] vs 3.23, p < 0.001). The lowest mean score was among children with diabetes diagnosis before the age of 2 years (2.97 +/- 0.09 vs 3.08-3.17 in the older age groups, p = 0.10). When individual subjects were studied (sports, mathematics, English and Swedish), a more complex picture emerged. In four subjects (mathematics, English, Swedish and sports) the risk of a diabeticchild not getting a school mark or not passing was increased; in sports and English the diabeticchildren had significantly reduced odds of getting a high mark. CONCLUSIONS/ INTERPRETATION: Despite a well-developed diabetes care system, we have not succeeded in preventing the disease from affecting school achievements. Among children with a young age at onset and therefore longer duration, the negative effects tend to be greater.
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