VERY-LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BOYS AT THE AGE OF 19

Citation
A. Ericson et B. Kallen, VERY-LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT BOYS AT THE AGE OF 19, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 78(3), 1998, pp. 171-174
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
ISSN journal
00039888
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
171 - 174
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9888(1998)78:3<171:VBATAO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Using linked data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry and the Nati onal Service Enrolment Register, long term follow up (to 18-19 years a ge) was made of 260 surviving singleton boys whose birthweight was les s than 1500 g from a total of 150 229 boys born between 1973-5. These boys were shorter and lighter than boys who weighed more at birth, the y had more visual and hearing impairments, were at much higher risk of cerebral palsy and other signs of mental impairment, evident as lower intelligence test scores and shorter schooling. No significant excess of asthma, back problems, or headaches were found.