Impact of Preterm Birth on Neurodevelopmental Disorders in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) in preterm infants has become of great interest. We aimed to investigate the impact of preterm birth on the proportion of NDD using nationwide data provided by the Korean National Health Insurance Service. We included 4894 extremely preterm or extremely low-birth-weight (EP/ELBW; <28 weeks of gestation or birth weight < 1000 g) infants, 70,583 other preterm or low-birth-weight (OP/LBW; 28-36 weeks of gestation or birth weight < 2500 g) infants, and 264,057 full-term infants born between 2008 and 2015. We observed their neurodevelopment until 6 years of age or until the year 2019, whichever occurred first. Diagnoses of NDDs were based on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases 10th revision. An association between p

SUBMITTER: Cha JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099635 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature