Hospitalizations in Adolescence and Early Adulthood among Swedish Men and Women Born Preterm or Small for Gestational Age

Background: Preterm birth and reduced intrauterine growth appear to be related to morbidity in childhood and later adulthood. We studied whether the risk of all-cause hospitalization in adolescence and early adulthood differed between individuals who were born preterm or small for gestational age (S...

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Published in:Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2008-01, Vol.19 (1), p.63-70
Main Authors: Selling, Katarina Ekholm, Carstensen, John, Finnström, Orvar, Josefsson, Ann, Sydsjö, Gunilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Child
Digestive system diseases
Disease risk
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Endocrine system diseases
Epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
General aspects
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Hospitalization
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Men
Mental illness
Metabolic diseases
Miscellaneous
Nervous system diseases
Odds Ratio
Pregnancy and Childhood
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Premature Birth
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sweden - epidemiology
Symptoms
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Summary:Background: Preterm birth and reduced intrauterine growth appear to be related to morbidity in childhood and later adulthood. We studied whether the risk of all-cause hospitalization in adolescence and early adulthood differed between individuals who were born preterm or small for gestational age (SGA) compared with those born at term and appropriate for gestational age. Methods: Using Swedish registries, we followed 304,275 men and women born in 1973-1975 for any hospitalizations occurring in 1987-1996. Preterm birth was defined as
ISSN:1044-3983
1531-5487
1531-5487
DOI:10.1097/EDE.0b013e318159074b