doi: 10.1007/BF01958281.
The male disadvantage in very low birthweight infants: does it really exist?
Affiliations
- PMID: 2533072
- DOI: 10.1007/BF01958281
Item in Clipboard
The male disadvantage in very low birthweight infants: does it really exist?
Eur J Pediatr.
1989 Dec.
Abstract
In a nationwide collaborative study in the Netherlands, perinatal and follow up data were collected on 1338 liveborn very preterm (less than 32 weeks) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) infants (less than 1500 g). In this group, the mortality risk was similar for both male and female infants. The handicap risk, however, was significantly greater for boys than for girls. This finding could not be explained as being due to the well-known delay in lung maturation in male infants as in idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome and need of assisted ventilation.
Similar articles
-
Neonatal mortality risk in relation to gestational age and birthweight. Results of a national survey of preterm and very-low-birthweight infants in the Netherlands.Lancet. 1986 Jan 11;1(8472):55-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90713-0. Lancet. 1986. PMID: 2867312
-
Breech delivery in very preterm and very low birthweight infants in The Netherlands.Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1993 May;100(5):411-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1993.tb15263.x. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1993. PMID: 8518238
-
Sex difference in disability and handicap at five years of age in children born at very short gestation.Pediatrics. 1994 Apr;93(4):576-9. Pediatrics. 1994. PMID: 8134212
-
Outcome for infants of very low birthweight: survey of world literature.Lancet. 1981 May 9;1(8228):1038-40. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(81)92198-x. Lancet. 1981. PMID: 6112419 Review.
-
Mortality and morbidity in very low birthweight infants.Pediatr Ann. 1983 Jan;12(1):32, 36-9, 42, 44. doi: 10.3928/0090-4481-19830101-03. Pediatr Ann. 1983. PMID: 6188090 Review. No abstract available.
Cited by
-
Gender differences in survival among low birthweight newborns and infants in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Int Health. 2022 Mar 2;14(2):122-131. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihab044. Int Health. 2022. PMID: 34352090 Free PMC article.
-
Sex-related associations between body height and cognitive impairment among low-income elderly adults in rural China: a population-based cross-sectional study.Biol Sex Differ. 2021 Dec 6;12(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s13293-021-00408-w. Biol Sex Differ. 2021. PMID: 34872609 Free PMC article.
-
Shorter adult height is associated with poorer cognitive performance in elderly men with type II diabetes.J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;44(3):927-35. doi: 10.3233/JAD-142049. J Alzheimers Dis. 2015. PMID: 25374105 Free PMC article.
-
Transient hypothyroxinaemia associated with developmental delay in very preterm infants.Arch Dis Child. 1992 Jul;67(7):944-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.67.7.944. Arch Dis Child. 1992. PMID: 1381573 Free PMC article.
-
Comparing very low birth weight versus very low gestation cohort methods for outcome analysis of high risk preterm infants.BMC Pediatr. 2017 Jul 14;17(1):166. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0921-x. BMC Pediatr. 2017. PMID: 28709451 Free PMC article.