Mortality from external causes in late adolescence and early adulthood by gestational age and sex: a population-based cohort study in four Nordic countries
Mortality from external causes overall was higher in preterm than full term born among both males and females. A clear sex difference was seen for suicide, where preterm birth was a risk factor in females, but not in males.
Authors
- Sven Sandin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-4884)
- Eero Kajantie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7081-8391)
- Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-8488)
- Kari Risnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-0146)
- Signe Opdahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6593-8433)
- Per Ivar Finseth
- Weiyao Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9534-8207)
- Jorun Schei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7626-1667)
- Anna Pulakka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0602-8632)
- Johanna Metsälä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-1020)
- Josephine Funck Bilsteen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5200-595X)
- Kristine Pape (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9287-7245)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Oulu University Hospital (FI)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- St Olav's University Hospital (NO)
- Trondheim Kommune (NO)
- Oulu University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03731-2
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00