Neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm twins at 5 years of age.

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2019
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Abstract
Twins are considered to be at an increased risk for perinatal mortality and morbidities, but it is unclear whether preterm twins are at an increased risk for poor developmental outcomes when compared to preterm singletons. Our aim was to compare the neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm twins vs singletons at 5 years of age.Very low birth weight and very low gestational age infants (twins n = 66, singletons n = 157) were recruited as a part of the PIPARI project in the Turku University Hospital, covering a regional population. Cognitive development, neuropsychological performance, and neurodevelopmental impairments (including cerebral palsy, hearing deficit, visual impairment, and intellectual disability) were evaluated at 5 years of age.Twins and singletons had otherwise similar perinatal background factors, except for the higher proportion of preterm rupture of membranes in singletons. Twins had cognitive and neuropsychological outcomes that were otherwise comparable with singletons, but they had a slightly lower verbal intelligence quotient (estimate -5.81, 95% CI -11.14 to -0.48, p = 0.03). Being a twin was not a risk for neurodevelopmental impairments.Our study shows that, contrary to a common hypothesis, the overall neurodevelopment of very preterm twins does not significantly differ from that of preterm singletons.
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Authors Ylijoki, Milla;Haataja, Leena;Lind, Annika;Ekholm, Eeva;Lehtonen, Liisa;, ;
Journal Pediatric research
Year 2019
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10.1038/s41390-019-0688-x
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