Labor Status at Delivery and Lung Function in Extremely Prematurely Born Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been conflicting evidence regarding the impact of mode of delivery on respiratory outcomes in later childhood and adulthood. It is possible labor status, rather than mode of delivery, influences later respiratory morbidity. We hypothesized that extremely premature infants born to mothers in labor would have better lung function at follow-up than those born to mothers not in labor.

Methods

We reviewed data from the United Kingdom High-Frequency Oscillation Study. Lung function testing was performed on young people aged 16-18 years born before 29 weeks of gestation. Linear mixed models were used to adjust lung function for maternal and neonatal factors and for the clustering due to multiple births.

Results

One hundred and fifty subjects underwent lu

SUBMITTER: Armstrong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748109 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature