Health-related quality of life in adults born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight in the postsurfactant era: a longitudinal cohort study.

Christopher SelmanRheanna MainzerKatherine LeePeter AndersonAlice BurnettSuzanne M GarlandGeorge C PattonLauren PigdonGehan RobertsJohn WarkLex William Doyle Jeanie Ling Yoong Cheongnull null

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2023)

Compared with term-born controls, young adults born EP/ELBW reported poorer HRQoL, as did those with lower IQ compared with those with higher IQ in the EP/ELBW cohort. Given the uncertainties, our findings need corroboration.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
human milk
preterm birth
young adults
gestational age