The study also looked at the genes of 45 of those who were ELBW babies along with 47 who were normal birth weight when they were age 30 to 35 Using an epigenetic clock to compare their biological age, controlling for chronic health problems and sensory impairments.
‘Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) men accelerate aging in the order of four and a half years.’
“Although it is unclear why accelerated biological aging is seen in the ELBW men, this suggests that prenatal exposures play an important role in aging,” said Ryan Van Lieshout, first author of the study, physician and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences at McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine.
The research specifies that premature boys’ handling of physiological stress before birth, and in the hospital neonatal intensive care unit after they are born fasten the degree of growth rate at 4.6 years than normal children.
These finding highlights to advise the ELBW men and promote healthy aging to lessen their health risk during entire lifespan.
Source: Eurekalert
