Describing the Shape of the Relationship Between Gestational Age at Birth and Cognitive Development in a Nationally Representative U.S. Birth Cohort.
Jennifer L RichardsCarolyn Drews-BotschJessica M SalesWilliam Dana FlandersMichael R KramerPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2016)
This study estimated the relative performance of children born at 24-42 weeks in a population-based birth cohort using multiple approaches to modelling gestational age, providing a more rigorous understanding of the relationships between the full spectrum of gestational age and cognitive and academic outcomes in early childhood and at school age.