Aryeh D Stein, Fernando C Barros, Santosh K Bhargava, Wei Hao, Bernardo L Horta, Nanette Lee, Christopher W Kuzawa, Reynaldo Martorell, Siddarth Ramji, Alan Stein, Linda Richter
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of being born preterm or small for gestational age (SGA) on several adult outcomes. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed data for 4518 adult participants in 5 birth cohorts from Brazil, Guatemala, India, the Philippines, and South Africa. RESULTS: In the study population, 12.8% of males and 11.9% of females were born preterm, and 26.8% of males and 22.4% of females were born term but SGA. Adults born preterm were 1.11 cm shorter (95% CI, 0...
December 2013: Journal of Pediatrics