Article
Gestational age at birth and body size from infancy through adolescence: findings from analyses of individual data on 253,810 singletons in 16 birth cohort studies
2022-06-03
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<h4>Background</h4> Preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality, and is associated with adverse developmental and long-term health outcomes, including several cardio-metabolic risk factors. However, evidence about the association of preterm birth with later body size derives mainly from studies using birth weight as proxy of prematurity rather than actual length of gestation. We investi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a4dcb4dd-f45b-5910-90b3-ce2602a8f28d
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.06.01.22275859
