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Infant Growth after Preterm Birth and Mental Health in Young Adulthood

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  • Sara Sammallahti
  • Marius Lahti
  • Riikka Pyhälä
  • Jari Lahti
  • Anu-Katriina Pesonen
  • Kati Heinonen
  • Petteri Hovi
  • Johan G Eriksson
  • Sonja Strang-Karlsson
  • Anna-Liisa Järvenpää
  • Sture Andersson
  • Eero Kajantie
  • Katri Räikkönen

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Objectives: Faster growth after preterm birth benefits long-term cognitive functioning. Whether these benefits extend to mental health remains largely unknown. We examined if faster growth in infancy is associated with better self-reported mental health in young adults born preterm at very low birth weight (VLBW) ( 0.05). Intrauterine growth restriction did not systematically moderate any associations. Conclusions: Despite the high variability in early growth of VLBW infants, the previously described association between slow growth in infancy and poorer cognitive functioning in later life is not reflected in symptoms of depression, ADHD, and other psychiatric problems. This suggests that the development of cognitive and psychiatric problems may have dissimilar critical periods in VLBW infants.

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  • Sara Sammallahti & Marius Lahti & Riikka Pyhälä & Jari Lahti & Anu-Katriina Pesonen & Kati Heinonen & Petteri Hovi & Johan G Eriksson & Sonja Strang-Karlsson & Anna-Liisa Järvenpää & Sture Andersson &, 2015. "Infant Growth after Preterm Birth and Mental Health in Young Adulthood," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-13, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0137092
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137092
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