Tag: Premature Birth

Reduction in mortality seen in infants born before 34 weeks of gestation and with a birth weight <1,000 g

One in five women have vitamin D insufficiency during first trimester of pregnancy

Prevalence of preterm birth and low birth weight slightly higher, but no difference seen in prevalence of birth defects

Authors note that smallest babies who were most exposed to pain may be undertreated

Benefit was similar whether activity concentrated into a few days or as regular activity

Socioeconomic status and other environmental exposures modify this association

Higher mortality risk seen with decreasing gestational age at birth

Preterm individuals have 6 percent lower income per year and are 2.13 percent less likely to be employed

Inequities persisted for both racial and ethnic groups and by socioeconomic factors

Survival ranges from 24.9 percent at 22 weeks to 82.0 percent at 25 weeks; survival without severe complications varies from 6.3 to 43.2 percent