The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science, 129(5), 438-442
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.
Dalton, K. (1976). Prenatal progesterone and educational attainments. *The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science*, *129*(5), 438-442. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.129.5.438
Dalton K. Prenatal progesterone and educational attainments. Br J Psychiatry. 1976;129(5):438-442. doi:10.1192/bjp.129.5.438
Dalton, K. "Prenatal progesterone and educational attainments." *The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science*, vol. 129, no. 5, 1976, pp. 438-442.
Achievement, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Educational Status, Female, Fetus/drug Effects, Gestational Age, Humans, Intelligence/drug Effects, Male, Maternal-Fetal Exchange, Pre-Eclampsia/complications, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications/drug Therapy, Progesterone/pharmacology/therapeutic Use, Time Factors, Progesterone