Functional Ophthalmic Factors Associated With Extreme Prematurity in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) have a higher risk of visual impairment and ocular morbidities compared peers born at full term. However, the long-term ocular sequelae in adulthood for those born extremely preterm (EP), who have the highest risk of neonatal retinopathy, are unknown.

Objective

To evaluate visual function and ocular morbidity in young adults born EP compared with controls born full term.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study of a geographically based birth cohort in the UK and Ireland born from March 1 through December 31, 1995, included 128 participants aged 19 years (born at 22-25 weeks' gestation) and 65 age-matched controls born at full term. Statistical analysis was performed from March 1, 2020, to

SUBMITTER: Jain S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8800073 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature