Maternal Social Risk, Gestational Age at Delivery, and Cognitive Outcomes among Adolescents Born Extremely Preterm.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children born extremely preterm (EP) are at increased risk of cognitive deficits that persist into adulthood. Few large cohort studies have examined differential impairment of cognitive function in EP-born adolescents in relation to early life risk factors, including maternal social disadvantage, gestational age at delivery, and neonatal morbidities prevalent among EP neonates.

Objectives

To assess cognitive abilities in relation to early life risk factors in an EP-born cohort at 15 years of age.

Methods

681 of 1198 surviving participants (57%) enrolled from 2002 to 2004 in the Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborn Study returned at age 15 years for an assessment of cognitive abilities with the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence-II and the NIH Toolb

SUBMITTER: Joseph RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9754639 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature