NTNU 1y Dataset
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Variables
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Associated study
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| Acronym | NTNU LBW Life |
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| Name | NTNU Low Birth Weight in a Lifetime Perspective Study |
| Study design | Cohort |
| Number of very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) births included in cohort (live & still births) | 121 |
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Population
NTNU LBW Life Cohort
Single centre cohort, all VLBW infants <1500g admitted to the NICU at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital.
Control group were all children born to mothers of a 10% random sample in the Trondheim region in the same years as the VLBW group.
Control group were all children born to mothers of a 10% random sample in the Trondheim region in the same years as the VLBW group.
Data Collection Event
1 Year Follow up
Infants underwent an assessment at 1 year of age to examine anthropometrics, motor and cognitive function and cerebral MRI. A physical assessment was performed including a Neuropediatric examination (based on Touwen, 1979), measurement of height, weight, head circumference, upper arm circumference, subscapular skinfold thickness. Motor and cognitive skills were examined by use of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID) - Psychomotor Index and Mental Index. Quantitative MRI (2D T1 weighted inversion recovery, T2 weighted spin echo sequences at 1.5 T) was performed to measure volumes for a number of brain structures.