Impact of very preterm birth and post-discharge growth on cardiometabolic outcomes at school age: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Jungha Yun (Author), Young Hwa Jung (Author), Seung Han Shin (Author), In Gyu Song (Author), Young Ah Lee (Author), Choong Ho Shin (Author), Ee-Kyung Kim (Author), Han-Suk Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Adverse metabolic outcomes later in life have been reported among children or young adults who were born as preterm infants. This study was conducted to examine the impact of very preterm/very low birth weight (VP/VLBW) birth and subsequent growth after hospital discharge on card...