Association of Preterm Birth and Socioeconomic Status With Neonatal Brain Structure.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Preterm birth and socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with brain structure in childhood, but the relative contributions of each during the neonatal period are unknown.

Objective

To investigate associations of birth gestational age (GA) and SES with neonatal brain morphology by testing 3 hypotheses: GA and SES are associated with brain morphology; associations between SES and brain morphology vary with GA; and associations between SES and brain structure and morphology depend on how SES is operationalized.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study recruited participants from November 2016 to September 2021 at a single center in the United Kingdom. Participants were 170 extremely and very preterm infants and 91 full-term or near-term infants.

SUBMITTER: Mckinnon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233421 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature