TOPLINE:
Adults aged 50 years who were born preterm have a higher risk for hypertension but lower risk for cardiovascular events than those born at term, with similar risks for diabetes, prediabetes, and dyslipidemia between groups.
METHODOLOGY:
- The researchers conducted a prospective cohort study of the Auckland Steroid Trial — the first randomized trial of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) for women who were at risk for preterm birth, conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, between December 1969 and February 1974.
- They analyzed 470 participants, including 424 survivors recruited between January 2020 and May 2022 and 46 participants who died after infancy.
- The outcomes for 326 participants born preterm (mean age, 49.4 years) and 144 participants born at term (mean age, 49.2 years) were assessed using either a…