Cardiometabolic risk factors in young ddults who were born preterm
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Abstract
Adults who were born preterm with a very low birth weight have higher blood pressure and impaired glucose regulation later in life compared with those born at term. We investigated cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults who were born at any degree of prematurity in the Preterm Birth and Early Life Programming of Adult Health and Disease (ESTER) Study, a population-based cohort study of individuals born in 1985–1989 in Northern Finland. In 2009–2011, 3 groups underwent clinical examination: 134 participants born at less than 34 gestational weeks (early preterm), 242 born at 34–36 weeks (late preterm), and 344 born at 37 weeks or later (controls). Compared with controls, adults who were born preterm had higher body fat percentages (after adjustment for sex, age, and cohort (1985–1986 or 1987–1989), for those born early preterm, difference = 6.2%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.4, 13.2; for those born late preterm, difference = 8.0%, 95% CI: 2.4, 13.8), waist circumferences, blood pressure (for those born early preterm, difference = 3.0 mm Hg, 95% CI: 0.9, 5.1; for those born late preterm, difference = 1.7, 95% CI: −0.1, 3.4), plasma uric acid levels (for those born early preterm, difference = 20.1%, 95% CI: 7.9, 32.3; for those born late preterm, difference = 20.2%, 95% CI: 10.7, 30.5), alanine aminotransferase levels, and aspartate transaminase levels. They were also more likely to have metabolic syndrome (for those born early preterm, odds ratio = 3.7, 95% CI: 1.6, 8.2; for those born late preterm, odds ratio = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.2, 5.3). Elevated levels of conventional and emerging risk factors suggest a higher risk of cardiometabolic disease later in life. These risk factors are also present in the large group of adults born late preterm.
Date Issued
2015-03-05
Date Acceptance
2014-12-09
Citation
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2015, 181 (11), pp.861-873
ISSN
1476-6256
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option B
Start Page
861
End Page
873
Journal / Book Title
American Journal of Epidemiology
Volume
181
Issue
11
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© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
blood pressure
glucose metabolism
hypertension
late preterm
obesity
prematurity
LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT
DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL
SYSTOLIC BLOOD-PRESSURE
CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS
GENERAL-POPULATION
VASCULAR MORTALITY
METABOLIC SYNDROME
INDIVIDUAL DATA
FETAL-GROWTH
Adult
Blood Glucose
Blood Pressure
Body Weights and Measures
Female
Finland
Gestational Age
Humans
Hypertension
Infant, Newborn
Insulin Resistance
Lipids
Male
Metabolic Syndrome X
Obesity
Premature Birth
Risk Factors
Epidemiology
11 Medical And Health Sciences
01 Mathematical Sciences
Publication Status
Published