Cholestasis after very preterm birth was associated with adverse neonatal outcomes but no significant long-term liver disease: A population-based study.

Cholestasis was common in very preterm infants and linked to disease severity and adverse outcome. Cholestasis may be an independent risk factor for bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity and more severe cholestasis associated with increased mortality. Cholestasis was not associated with chronic liver disease later in childhood.