ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Infants' sex
;
Very low birth weight
;
Preterm
;
Mortality
;
Handicaps
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In a nationwide collaborative study in the Netherlands, perinatal and follow up data were collected on 1338 liveborn very preterm (〈32 weeks) and/or very low birth-weight (VLBW) infants (〈1500g). 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.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01958281