Title
The male disadvantage in very low birthweight infants: Does it really exist?
Author
Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P.
van Zeben-van Aa, D.M.
Verwey, R.A.
Brand, R.
Ruys, J.H.
Nederlands instituut voor praeventieve gezondheidszorg TNO
Publication year
1989
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.
Subject
Infants' sex
Very low birth weight
Preterm
Mortality
Handicaps
To reference this document use:
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:891b7bb7-c4ab-4cfe-a09a-370006892d2b
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01958281
TNO identifier
878576
Source
European Journal of Pediatrics, 149, 197-202
Document type
article