Preterm birth and early life environmental factors: neuropsychological profiles at adolescence and young adulthood.

Lexuri Fernández de Gamarra-OcaLeire Zubiaurre-ElorzaAinara Gómez-GastiasoroMarta Molins-SauriBegoña LoureiroJavier PeñaM Acebo García-GuerreroNaroa Ibarretxe-BilbaoOlga BrunaCarme JunquéAlfons MacayaMaria A PocaNatalia Ojeda

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2023)

The findings showed different neuropsychological profiles during adolescence and young adulthood, with the high-risk preterm sample evidencing lower cognitive values. In addition, higher scores in the familial SES score in this study seem to have a protective effect on cognition.

Keyphrases

early life
preterm birth
depressive symptoms
mild cognitive impairment
low birth weight
gestational age
middle aged
preterm infants
multiple sclerosis
white matter