Gestational Age and Child Development at Age Five in a Population-Based Cohort of Australian Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children.
Mark J HanlyKathleen FalsterGeorgina ChambersJohn LynchEmily BanksNusrat HomairaMarni BrownellSandra EadesLouisa JormPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2017)
Although the relation of gestational age to developmental vulnerability was similar in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, Aboriginal children had a higher risk of developmental vulnerability at all gestational ages, which was largely accounted for by socio-economic disadvantage.