Effect of Birth Weight on Subsequent Lung Function

doi:10.1542/gr.34-1-8

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Source: Kotecha SJ, Watkins WJ, Henderson AJ, et al. The effect of birth weight on lung spirometry in white, school-aged children and adolescents born at term: a longitudinal population based observational cohort study. J Pediatr. 2015; 166( 5): 1163– 1167; doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.01.002OpenUrl CrossRef PubMed

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Question: Among children and adolescents who had been born at term, is lower birth weight associated with decreased lung function?

Question type: Causation

Study design: Prospective cohort

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff, in the United Kingdom, studied whether there was a relationship between birth weight and lung function later in life. The investigators were specifically interested in the impact of lower birth weight in term infants on …

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