Hanna Carr1, Sven Cnattingius2, Fredrik Granath2, Jonas F Ludvigsson3, Anna-Karin Edstedt Bonamy4. 1. Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: hanna.carr@ki.se. 2. Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 3. Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden. 4. Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In small clinical studies, preterm birth was associated with altered cardiac structure and increased cardiovascular mortality in the young. OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to determine the association between preterm birth and risk of incident heart failure (HF) in children and young adults. METHODS: This register-based cohort study included 2,665,542 individuals born in Sweden from 1987 to 2012 who were followed up from 1 year of age to December 31, 2013. The main study outcome was diagnosis of HF in the National Patient Register or the Cause of Death Register. The association between preterm birth and risk of incident HF was analyzed by using a Poisson regression model. Estimates were adjusted for maternal and pregnancy characteristics, socioeconomic status, and maternal and paternal cardiovascular disease. RESULTS: During 34.8 million person-years of follow-up (median 13.1 years), there were 501 cases of HF. After exclusion of 52,512 individuals with malformations (n = 196 cases), 305 cases of HF remained (0.88 per 100,000 person-years). Gestational age was inversely associated with the risk of HF. Compared with individuals born at term (≥37 weeks' gestation), adjusted incidence relative risks for HF were 17.0 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.96 to 36.3) after extremely preterm birth (<28 weeks) and 3.58 (95% CI: 1.57 to 8.14) after very preterm birth (28 to 31 weeks). There was no risk increase after moderately preterm birth (32 to 36 weeks) (relative risk: 1.36; 95% CI: 0.87 to 2.13). CONCLUSIONS: There was a strong association between preterm birth before 32 weeks of gestation and HF in childhood and young adulthood. Although the absolute risk of HF is low in young age, our findings indicate that preterm birth may be a previously unknown risk factor for HF.
BACKGROUND: In small clinical studies, preterm birth was associated with altered cardiac structure and increased cardiovascular mortality in the young. OBJECTIVES: The goal of this study was to determine the association between preterm birth and risk of incident heart failure (HF) in children and young adults. METHODS: This register-based cohort study included 2,665,542 individuals born in Sweden from 1987 to 2012 who were followed up from 1 year of age to December 31, 2013. The main study outcome was diagnosis of HF in the National Patient Register or the Cause of Death Register. The association between preterm birth and risk of incident HF was analyzed by using a Poisson regression model. Estimates were adjusted for maternal and pregnancy characteristics, socioeconomic status, and maternal and paternal cardiovascular disease. RESULTS: During 34.8 million person-years of follow-up (median 13.1 years), there were 501 cases of HF. After exclusion of 52,512 individuals with malformations (n = 196 cases), 305 cases of HF remained (0.88 per 100,000 person-years). Gestational age was inversely associated with the risk of HF. Compared with individuals born at term (≥37 weeks' gestation), adjusted incidence relative risks for HF were 17.0 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.96 to 36.3) after extremely preterm birth (<28 weeks) and 3.58 (95% CI: 1.57 to 8.14) after very preterm birth (28 to 31 weeks). There was no risk increase after moderately preterm birth (32 to 36 weeks) (relative risk: 1.36; 95% CI: 0.87 to 2.13). CONCLUSIONS: There was a strong association between preterm birth before 32 weeks of gestation and HF in childhood and young adulthood. Although the absolute risk of HF is low in young age, our findings indicate that preterm birth may be a previously unknown risk factor for HF.
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