Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(5)
Exact(17)
Motor skills have previously not been reported in young adults born with very low birth weight (VLBW), although they are commonly reported in children and adolescents.
To investigate the effects of postnatal dexamethasone treatment on aerobic fitness and physical activity levels in school-aged children born with very low birth weight (VLBW).
To determine whether postnatal dexamethasone (DEX) exposure affects pulmonary outcomes at school age in children born with very low birth weight (VLBW).
Being born with very low birth weight (VLBW; birth weight (BW) ≤ 1500 g) is associated with increased risk of maldevelopment of the immature brain which may affect neurological functioning.
The researchers, publishing in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, part of the BMJ group, say that adults born with very low birth weight are more likely to have what they describe as a "socially withdrawn personality".
These findings in Pelotas are in the opposite direction to the hypothesized association, such as the lower self reported leisure time activity in those born with very low birth weight [14], [18].
Similar(43)
Approximately 0.9 to 1.5% of all live-born infants in high-income countries are born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500 g) [1], [2].
Reduced insulin sensitivity in adult life has been reported in subjects born at term small for gestational age (SGA) and in those born prematurely with very low birth weight (LBW) (<1500 g).
A definitive research cohort was composed of 69 one-year-old orally healthy Caucasian infants, 24 of whom (case group A) were born prematurely with very low birthweights and 45 of whom (control group B) were born at full term.
One group was born preterm with very low birth weight (VLBW, birth weight: ≤ 1500 g) and the other was born small for gestational age (SGA) at term (birth weight < 10th percentile adjusted for gestational age (GA), sex and parity).
Adults born prematurely with very low birth weight have higher resting energy expenditure per unit lean body mass than their peers born at term.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com