title: Prenatal progesterone and educational attainments.
abstract: Children whose mothers received prenatal progesterone have been shown to be advanced in development at one year and to have greater academic achievement at 9-10 years. This study compares the educational attainments at 17-20 years of 34 progesterone children with 37 normal and 12 toxaemic controls. More progesterone children continued schooling after 16 years compared with controls; a higher proportion left school with 'O' level and 'A' level passes, the average number of passes per child was greater at both levels and more obtained a university place. The best academic results were in those whose mothers had received over 5 grams of prenatal progesterone, and for whom administration commenced before the sixteenth week and treatment lasted longer than eight weeks.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone