Physical fitness trajectories from childhood to adolescence in extremely preterm children: A longitudinal cohort study.

Marina PraprotnikIrena Stucin GantarUros KrivecMiha LucovnikJasna Rodman Berlot Gregor Starc

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2023)

Extreme prematurity per se is not a risk factor for lower PF at school age. However, if complicated by BPD, PF is significantly and sustainably reduced.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
depressive symptoms
preterm infants
young adults
preterm birth
climate change
gestational age
childhood cancer