ReviewEarly human development2020
An overview of adult health outcomes after preterm birth.
Review in Early human development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 151 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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151 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 251 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal Experiences of Stressful Life Events and Its Association With Teenage Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Barriers and enablers of community-based Kangaroo Mother Care (cKMC) practice: a mixed methods systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Pooled it
- Physiological responses to exercise in survivors of preterm birth: a meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
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- Vaginal progesterone for preventing preterm birth and adverse perinatal outcomes in twin gestations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2023Pooled it
- Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on preterm birth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 pandemic and population-level pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in general population: A living systematic review and meta-analysis (Update#2: November 20, 2021).Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Pooled it
- Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and pregnancy and neonatal outcomes in general population: A living systematic review and meta-analysis (updated Aug 14, 2021).Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 pandemic and population-level pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: a living systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2021Pooled it
- Moderate-To-Late Preterm Infants Benefit From the Early Collaborative Intervention: Primary Outcomes of an RCT.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Trial
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- Breastfeeding and Neonatal Age Influence Neutrophil-Driven Ontogeny of Blood Cell Populations in the First Week of Human Life.Journal of immunology research · 2024Trial
- Impact of maternal health on neonatal and long-term kidney outcomes.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- A decomposition analysis to evaluate the role of social, chemical, and neighborhood factors on the Black/White disparity in preterm birth in Greater Houston, Texas.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Placental Pathophysiology and Developmental Programming of Adult Cardiometabolic Risk: A Narrative Review of Pregnancy Exposures.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Review
- Maternal mycoestrogen exposure in relation to timing of birth and placental corticotropin releasing hormone concentrations in a U.S. pregnancy cohort.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Patients in Every Practice: Health Status and Health Experiences of an International Sample of Adults Born Preterm.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2026Article
- Formulation Screening and Characterization of PLGA-Based Injectable In Situ Gel Loaded with Progesterone.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- [Associations between growth retardation and perinatal factors in preterm infants].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Article
- A systematic review of medication costs associated with preterm infants.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2026Review
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Abstract
Preterm birth (gestational age < 37 completed weeks) has increased in prevalence in most countries in the past 20 years and now affects nearly 11% of all births worldwide. Because of treatment advances introduced in the 1970s-1980s, >95% of preterm infants who receive modern neonatal and pediatric care now survive into adulthood. The earliest birth cohorts to benefit from those advances are now in their 4th and 5th decades of life. A growing number of large cohort studies have investigated the long-term health sequelae in adulthood. Evidence has consistently shown that adult survivors of preterm birth have increased risks of chronic disorders involving various organ systems, including cardiovascular, endocrine/metabolic, respiratory, renal, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric disorders, which either persist from childhood into adulthood or sometimes first manifest in adulthood. These disorders also lead to moderately (30% to 50%) increased mortality risks during early to mid-adulthood among persons born preterm compared with full-term, and even higher risks among those born at the earliest gestational ages. However, the majority of persons born preterm have low absolute risks of these outcomes and good self-reported quality of life in adulthood. Priorities for future research include the assessment of long-term health sequelae of preterm birth in racially and economically diverse populations, additional follow-up of existing cohorts into older adulthood, elucidation of outcomes by preterm birth subtype (e.g., different underlying causes) to improve risk stratification, and identification of protective factors that will support the long-term health trajectory and well-being of preterm-born adults.
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