Preterm birth is associated with higher prevalence of wheeze and asthma in a selected population of Japanese children aged three years.

CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study in Japan to show that PTB, but not LBW or SGA, was significantly positively associated with childhood wheeze and asthma. PMID: 30573321 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia)

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