Gestational age-specific sex difference in mortality and morbidities of preterm infants: A nationwide study

Abstract This study aims to determine whether male sex has adverse effect on mortality and morbidities in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) <30 weeks of gestation and to ascertain this sex effect, stratified by gestational age, adjusting for perinatal risk factors. This is a population-based...

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Main Authors: So-Yeon Shim, Su Jin Cho, Kyoung Ae Kong, Eun Ae Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06490-8