ArticleInternational journal of epidemiology2019
Preterm birth and risk of sleep-disordered breathing from childhood into mid-adulthood.
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- Prevalence of preterm birth in Scandinavian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Pooled it
- Outpatient Respiratory Management of Infants, Children, and Adolescents with Post-Prematurity Respiratory Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2021Guideline
- Cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Pooled it
- Preterm birth and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Pooled it
- Bibliometric analysis of reviews of outcomes for adults with a complex perinatal history.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
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- Are we prematurely predicting acute mountain sickness?Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Nocturnal pulse oxygen saturation dynamics at simulated high altitude: Predictive value for acute mountain sickness in healthy men born pre-term.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Sleep-disordered breathing in a multiethnic cohort of preterm adolescents and adults: assessment of neonatal and subsequent risk factors.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Throughout Lifespan: From Pregnancy to Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Long-term health outcomes of preterm birth: a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Maternal early pregnancy body mass index and risk of sleep apnea in the offspring.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Gaps in the usage and reporting of multiple imputation for incomplete data: findings from a scoping review of observational studies addressing causal questions.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
- Polysomnographically Defined Restless Sleep Disorder and Periodic Limb Movements during Sleep in Children Born Prematurely.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Preterm or early term birth and risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a national cohort and co-sibling study.Annals of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Sleep and 24-hour rhythm characteristics in preschool children born very preterm and full term.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular Morbidities in Adults Born Preterm: Getting to the Heart of the Matter!Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Optimal annual body mass index change for preventing spontaneous preterm birth in a subsequent pregnancy.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders in Children-Red Flags in Pediatric Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Respiratory responses to hypoxia during rest and exercise in individuals born pre-term: a state-of-the-art review.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundPreterm birth (gestational age <37 weeks) has previously been associated with cardiometabolic and neuropsychiatric disorders into adulthood, but has seldom been examined in relation to sleep disorders. We conducted the first population-based study of preterm birth in relation to sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) from childhood into mid-adulthood.
methodsA national cohort study was conducted of all 4 186 615 singleton live births in Sweden during 1973-2014, who were followed for SDB ascertained from nationwide inpatient and outpatient diagnoses through 2015 (maximum age 43 years). Cox regression was used to examine gestational age at birth in relation to SDB while adjusting for other perinatal and maternal factors, and co-sibling analyses assessed for potential confounding by unmeasured shared familial factors.
resultsThere were 171 100 (4.1%) persons diagnosed with SDB in 86.0 million person-years of follow-up. Preterm birth was associated with increased risk of SDB from childhood into mid-adulthood, relative to full-term birth (39-41 weeks) [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), ages 0-43 years: 1.43; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.40, 1.46; P <0.001; ages 30-43 years: 1.40; 95% CI, 1.34, 1.47; P <0.001]. Persons born extremely preterm (<28 weeks) had more than 2-fold risks (aHR, ages 0-43 years: 2.63; 95% CI, 2.41, 2.87; P <0.001; ages 30-43 years: 2.22; 95% CI, 1.64, 3.01; P <0.001). These associations affected both males and females, but accounted for more SDB cases among males (additive interaction, P = 0.003). Co-sibling analyses suggested that these findings were only partly due to shared genetic or environmental factors in families.
conclusionsPreterm-born children and adults need long-term follow-up for anticipatory screening and potential treatment of SDB.
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