RECAP Preterm | PIPARI Perinatal Dataset

PIPARI Perinatal Dataset

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Acronym	PIPARI
Name	Development and Functioning of Very Low Birth Weight Infants from Infancy to School Age
Study design	Cohort
Number of very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) births included in cohort (live & still births)	255
Number of term-born control births included in cohort (live & still births)	188
Countries	Finland

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Population

PIPARI cohort

Selection Criteria

Countries

Finland

Geographical Area

Southwest Finland

VPT/VLBW Group Inclusion Criteria

Infants born in Turku university hospital between January 2001 and December 2006. Inclusion criteria were 1) infant’s birth weight ≤1500 grams (VLBW), and after April 2004, infant’s birth weight ≤1500 grams or gestational age below 32 weeks (VPT), 2) infant’s parents spoke and understood written Finnish or Swedish, and 3) families lived inside the hospital catchment area.

Control Group Inclusion Criteria

Full term infants born in Turku university hospital between 11/2001 to 12/2003. The parents of first boy and girl born in each week was asked to take part in the study. If they refused, the parents of next boy/girl were asked. Inclusion criteria were 1) birth weight ≥-2 SD according to age and gender specific Finnish growth charts 2) gestational age ≥37 weeks at birth 3) the family lived inside the hospital catchment area 4) the child was not admitted to neonatal care during the first week of life 5) family was Finnish or Swedish speaking.

VPT/VLBW Group Exclusion Criteria

Infants with major congenital anomalies or syndromes or chromosomal anomalies were excluded.

Control Group Exclusion Criteria

1) congenital anomalies or syndromes 2) mothers self-reported use of illicit drugs or alcohol during the pregnancy.

Supplementary Information

Controls were recruited right after birth before discharge from maternity ward in the beginning of the data collection period. Same group was used at each age.

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Data Collection Event

Perinatal Assessment

Overview

Type of Data Collection Event: Perinatal
Supplementary Information
Start Date: 2001-01
End Date: 2006-12

Data sources

Questionnaires
Physical measures
Administrative databases

Participants

Age at Data Collection Event (years): 0
Corrected Age

	VPT/VLBW Group	Control Group
Survived
Invited
Assessed	221	188

Perinatal Information

	VPT/VLBW Group	Control Group
Total Births	255	188
Terminations of Pregnancy
Still Births
Live Births	255	188
Admitted to NICU	248
Survived to Discharge	221	188

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Collected Dataset / PIPARI Perinatal Dataset

PIPARI Perinatal Dataset

Associated study

Population

PIPARI cohort

Data Collection Event

Perinatal Assessment

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