The association between late preterm birth and cardiometabolic conditions across the life course: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of being born late preterm (34-36 weeks gestation) on cardiometabolic outcomes across the life course is unclear.

Objectives

To systematically review the association between being born late preterm (spontaneous or indicated), compared to the term and cardiometabolic outcomes in children and adults.

Data sources

EMBASE(Ovid), MEDLINE(Ovid), CINAHL.

Study selection and data extraction

Observational studies up to July 2021 were included. Study characteristics, gestational age, cardiometabolic outcomes, risk ratios (RRs), odds ratios (ORs), hazard ratios (HRs), mean differences and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were extracted.

Synthesis

We pooled converted RRs using random-effects meta-analyses for diabetes, hypertension, ischemic hear

SUBMITTER: Yoshida-Montezuma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature