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Association between vascular rings and learning performance: A cross‐sectional study
Author(s) -
Chen FongLin,
Liaw YungPo,
Hsu ShuYi,
Nfor Oswald Ndi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22502
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , confounding , logistic regression , public health , cross sectional study , health informatics , pathology
Background Chronic tracheal obstruction has been associated with learning deficits; hence, early surgical intervention has been suggested. Aim To evaluate the relationship between learning performance and vascular ring caused by an isolated aberrant right subclavian artery. Methods Participants included 1,685 undergraduate students (ie, students of medical informatics and medical/public health students) in Central Taiwan. The diagnostic period was from 2005 to 2010. Vascular ring was diagnosed by two‐dimensional echocardiographic screening and was validated by esophagogram. The reference group (medical students) was associated with higher learning performance, whereas the comparison group (students of medical informatics and public health) was associated with lower learning performance. Multiple logistic regression was used for analysis. Results The prevalence of vascular ring among the reference and comparison groups was 0.48 and 2.03%, respectively. The odds ratio for the vascular ring was 4.90 (95% confidence interval: 1.30–18.40) after adjusting for potential confounders. Conclusions This study suggests that vascular ring can impact learning efficiency and advocates for larger dedicated studies. © 2017 The Authors Journal of Clinical Ultrasound Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45 :556–560, 2017