Visual pathway function in adults born preterm with very low birth weight: a two-country birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate if preterm birth with very low birth weight (VLBW; birth weight < 1500 g) affects macular and visual pathway function in an adult population and explore if best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was associated with any of the electrophysiologic responses.

Methods

Fifty participants born preterm with VLBW and 77 term-born controls years were recruited when aged 31-41 years from the Helsinki Study of Very Low Birth Weight Adults (Finland) and the NTNU Low Birth Weight Life study (Norway) studies. Pattern reversal electroretinogram (PR-ERG), visual evoked potential (PR-VEP) and BCVA were examined. PR-ERG components (P50, N95 peak time, amplitude and N95:P50 amplitude ratio) and PR-VEP components (N75, P100 and N145 peak time and amplitude) in the better-seei

SUBMITTER: Jorgensen APM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12334524 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature