BMJ  2005;331:180 (23 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7510.180

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Extremely low birth weight is linked to risk of chronic illness

Susan Mayor

London

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Babies with an extremely low birth weight (<1000 g) have a higher risk of developing chronic health conditions, a new study shows. And as well as a having a higher risk of illnesses such as asthma, these babies are more likely than babies of normal birth weight to have functional and educational limitations, the follow-up study shows ( JAMA 2005;294: 318-25[Abstract/Free Full Text]).

The US study looked at health outcomes at the age of eight years in a group of children who had an extremely low birth weight. The children were 219 survivors of the cohort of 344 extremely low birthweight children admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at one hospital, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, in Cleveland, Ohio, between 1992 and 1995. They were compared with 176 normal birthweight controls of similar sociodemographic status.

Extremely low birthweight children, like the baby pictured above, are more . . . [Full text of this article]


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