Mortality and hospitalizations of 24-year-old members of the low-birthweight cohort in northern Finland

We followed 11,355 children born in 1966 up to the age of 24 years to investigate the impact of birthweight on long-term outcomes of death and development. As expected, low-birthweight (LBW, 1500-2,499 gm) children showed a higher risk of death than normal-birthweight (NBW, > or =2,500 gm) childr...

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Published inEpidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 9; no. 6; p. 662
Main Authors Xu, B, Rantakallio, P, Järvelin, M R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.1998
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Finland - epidemiology
Follow-Up Studies
Health Status
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mortality
Risk Factors
Finland
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Summary:We followed 11,355 children born in 1966 up to the age of 24 years to investigate the impact of birthweight on long-term outcomes of death and development. As expected, low-birthweight (LBW, 1500-2,499 gm) children showed a higher risk of death than normal-birthweight (NBW, > or =2,500 gm) children before the age of 15 years. Rate ratios for LBW children ranged from 25 for the first week of life to 2.5 for ages 5-14 years. Rate ratios of very-low-birthweight (VLBW, <1,500 gm) children for the first year of life were 10 times higher than those of LBW children. Similarly, for the first 14 years of life, surviving LBW children experienced a higher risk of being hospitalized as well as staying in hospitals for over 2 weeks if they were hospitalized. The LBW children still had a higher risk of receiving sick pensions at the age of 24 years.
ISSN:1044-3983
1531-5487
DOI:10.1097/00001648-199811000-00017