Gestational Age and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Individuals Born At Term: A Life Course Study.

ABSTRACT: In contrast to the effects of preterm birth, the extent to which shorter gestational age affects the cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) levels of individuals who were born at term (ie, between 37 and 42 weeks) is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine whether life-course CRF levels varied across different gestational ages within the at-term range. The association between gestational age (in weeks) obtained from Child Health Services records and CRF, estimated from field and laboratory tests and expressed by maximal oxygen uptake level through adolescence to young adulthood, was examined in 791 participants in the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Study, all singletons born at term. Longitudinal data were analyzed with generalized estimating equations, accounting for important poten

SUBMITTER: Ferreira I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5721855 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature