By ANN LUKITS
Babies born with low scores on the Apgar test of newborn vitality are at higher risk to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than infants with near-perfect scores, according to a study in The Journal of Pediatrics.Developed in 1952 and used around the world, Apgar is a 10-point scale that measures respiration, reflexes, skin color, pulse and heart rate in the first minutes of life. A study of 980,902 babies born in Denmark from 1988 to 2001 found that newborns with Apgar scores between one and four had a 75% higher risk of developing ADHD than babies with scores of nine to 10. Risk of ADHD was 63% higher with scores of five to six. The children were followed from age 3 through 2006, or until they were diagnosed with ADHD, whichever came first. ADHD cases totaled 8,234 and 82% were boys.
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