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2019 11


Acta Paediatr


108


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Shared unmeasured characteristics among siblings confound the association of Apgar score with stress resilience in adolescence.

Authors

Bergh C, Hiyoshi A, Eriksson M, Fall K, Montgomery S
Acta Paediatr. 2019 11; 108(11):2001-2007.
PMID: 31140196.

Abstract

We investigated the association between low Apgar score, other perinatal characteristics and low stress resilience in adolescence. A within-siblings analysis was used to tackle unmeasured shared familial confounding.