Association Between Preterm Birth and Lower Adult Height in Women

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Association Between Preterm Birth and Lower Adult Height in Women

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We examined whether being born preterm was associated with changes in adult anthropometry in women. We assessed data on 201,382 women (born in 1973-1988) from the Swedish Birth Register. The mean age was 26.0 years. Of the women in our cohort, 663 were born very preterm (<32 weeks of gestation), 8,247 were born moderately preterm (at least 32 weeks but <37 weeks), and 192,472 were born at term (37-41 weeks). Subgroup analyses were carried out among siblings and also after adjustment for mater...

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2017-01

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Behrensdorf Derraik, Jose / Lundgren, M / Cutfield, Wayne / Ahlsson, F

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/34434

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Humans / Premature Birth / Anthropometry / Body Height / Birth Certificates / Linear Models / Logistic Models / Longitudinal Studies / Gestational Age / Adolescent / Adult / Infant, Newborn / Infant, Premature / Sweden / Female / Young Adult / Infant, Extremely Premature

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