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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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2008-01, Vol.19 (1), p.63-70
Hauptverfasser:	Selling, Katarina Ekholm, Carstensen, John, Finnström, Orvar, Josefsson, Ann, Sydsjö, Gunilla
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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