ArticleBMC public health2021
Prematurity and body composition at 6, 18, and 30 years of age: Pelotas (Brazil) 2004, 1993, and 1982 birth cohorts.
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- Body composition in adults born preterm with very low birth weight.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Growth patterns of preterm and small for gestational age children during the first 10 years of life.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Effect of preterm birth on growth and blood pressure in adulthood in the Pelotas 1993 cohort.International journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Postnatal growth of small for gestational age late preterm infants: determinants of catch-up growth.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Developmental Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics Used in Neonatal ICU: Focus on Preterm Infants.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Gestational age and trajectories of body mass index and height from birth through adolescence in the Danish National Birth Cohort.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Gestational age, intrauterine growth and body composition at 11 years of age.Revista de saude publica · 2023Article
- Abdominal adipose tissue and liver fat imaging in very low birth weight adults born preterm: birth cohort with sibling-controls.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The impact of an early intervention home-based program on body composition in preterm-born preschoolers with very low birth weight.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Preterm birth and metabolic implications on later life: A narrative review focused on body composition.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Association of preterm birth with poor metabolic outcomes in schoolchildren.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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backgroundWe aimed to investigate the association between preterm birth and body composition at 6, 18, and 30 years of age using data from three population-based birth cohort studies.
methodsGestational age (GA), defined by the date of the last menstrual period (categorized in ≤33, 34-36, and ≥ 37 weeks), was gathered in the first 24-h after delivery for all live births occurring in the city of Pelotas, Brazil, in 2004, 1993 and 1982. Body composition was assessed by air-displacement plethysmography. Outcomes included fat mass (FM, kg), percent FM (%FM), FM index (FMI, kg/m
resultsA total of 3036, 3027, and 3369 participants, respectively, from the 2004, 1993, and 1982 cohorts were analyzed. At 6 years, preterm boys (born at 34-36 weeks) presented lower adjusted mean of FM (β = - 0.80 kg, - 1.45;-0.16, p = 0.046), %FM (β = - 2.39%, - 3.90;-0.88, p = 0.008), FMI (β = - 0.70 kg/m
conclusionsOur results suggest that preterm birth is associated with decreased body fat and fat-free mass in childhood but higher fat mass in adulthood. Nevertheless, results were only significant for males. SGA boys also showed lower FFMI.
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