Stroke Risks in Adult Survivors of Preterm Birth: National Cohort and Cosibling Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Clinicians will increasingly encounter adult patients who were born preterm and will need to understand their long-term sequelae. Adult survivors of preterm birth have been reported to have increased risks of hypertension and other stroke risk factors. However, their stroke risks have seldom been examined and the findings are discrepant, possibly due to small sample sizes, insufficient follow-up, or survivor bias. We examined whether preterm birth is associated with stroke in a large population-based cohort.

Methods

A national cohort study was conducted of all 2 140 866 singletons born in Sweden from 1973 to 1994 who survived to age 18 years, who were followed up for first-time stroke through 2015 (maximum age 43 years). Cox regression was used to exam

SUBMITTER: Crump C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8316309 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature