Long-term health in individuals born preterm or with low birth weight: A cohort study
Résumé
Background: To measure the association of prematurity and non-preterm low birth weight (LBW) with several long-term health outcomes.
Methods: We selected adult participants from the Constances cohort. Associations between preterm birth (<37 weeks versus ≥37 weeks) and outcomes were measured using modified Poisson regression with adjustment for participant age and parental history. We used the same modeling methods to measure the association between LBW (i.e.,