Gestational age at birth and sleep duration in early childhood in three population-based cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both preterm and post-term births have been associated with neonatal morbidity and mortality, including adverse impact on neurodevelopment. Important neural maturational processes take place during sleep in newborns, but findings on gestational duration and sleep in early childhood are contradictory and often derive from small clinical samples. We studied the association of gestational age at birth with sleep duration in early childhood in three population-based cohorts.

Methods

Gestational age at birth and sleep duration were assessed in three population-based cohort studies in The Netherlands (n = 6471), Singapore (n = 862), and Canada (n = 583). Gestational age at birth was assessed using ultrasound in pregnancy in combination with date of birth, and caregivers

SUBMITTER: Luijk MPCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8041115 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature