Association of Apgar score at five minutes with long-term neurologic disability and cognitive function in a prevalence study of Danish conscripts

Table 2 Neurologic disability and low cognitive function according to five-minute Apgar score.

	All conscripts			Conscripts with measured cognitive function
Five-minute Apgar score		Neurologic disability^a	Disqualifying neurologic disability^b	Low cognitive function^c
	N	n (%)	n (%)	N	n (%)
<7	136	12 (8.8)	11 (8.1)	106	37 (34.9)
7–9	1143	29 (2.5)	20 (1.8)	992	244 (27.2)
10	18 280	394 (2.2)	242 (1.3)	16 113	3562 (25.0)
Overall	19 559	435 (2.2)	273 (1.4)	17 211	4344 (25.2)

^a Defined as a record of a diagnosis G ('diseases of nervous system' in ICD-10), noted in conscripts' draft board record.
^b Twenty-one men had no entry for army fitness.
^c Defined as an IQ in the bottom quartile

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