Preterm Birth as a Risk Factor for Cerebral Palsy in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne, Tadele Kassahun Wudu, Moges Tadesse Abebe, Eleni Tesfaye Tegegne, Mekibib Kassa Tessema · 2025
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Kaleab Tegegne and co-authors pool world evidence on early birth and cerebral palsy in this 2025 paper. Cerebral palsy is the most common childhood movement disability, and babies born before 37 weeks face an immature, fragile brain. The team reviewed sixteen observational studies covering over thirty thousand children. Only studies passing a quality bar entered the pool.
For the broad preterm group, the pooled risk sat close to that of full-term children. The picture changed when births were split by how early they came. Risk climbed steeply with greater prematurity. Bias checks found no sign of missing studies. The authors urge care and follow-up weighted toward the earliest-born infants, where the danger concentrates.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne, Tadele Kassahun Wudu, Moges Tadesse Abebe, Eleni Tesfaye Tegegne, Mekibib Kassa Tessema |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |