Short Report - Birth Weight is Not Associated With Cataracts or Pseudophakia - Results from the Gutenberg Health Study.

This study investigates the association between self-reported birth weight (BW) and the frequency of cataract and pseudophakia in a large population-based cohort in Germany, as part of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS). Slit lamp examination and Scheimpflug imaging of 8205 participants, aged 35 to 74, were assessed and signs of cataract or pseudophakia analyzed. The research aimed to explore the correlation between fetal growth restriction and/or prematurity indicated by BW and the frequency of cataract and pseudophakia.

Type 1 diabetes incidence curves differ by age for girls and boys between 1996 and 2022: Results from the North Rhine-Westphalia Diabetes Registry, Germany.

The type 1 diabetes incidence was analyzed in 0- to 14-year-old children in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, from 1996 to 2022. The data revealed an overall increasing trend, with variations by age and sex. The incidence increased in boys across age groups but peaked in girls in the 5-9-year age group.

Third-grade school performance in children with special healthcare needs: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: Children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) due to a chronic health condition perform more poorly at school compared with their classmates. We aimed to estimate the effects of past, current, transient, emerging and persistent SHCN on school performance in primary school children.

Methods: Data from the German population-based prospective cohort study ikidS were used.

School well-being in primary school children with chronic illness. A prospective cohort study.

Background: Children with chronic illness perform poorer at school, and school well-being (SWB) may mediate this association. We investigated the association between chronic illness and three domains of SWB in children in first grade.

Methods: Data from a German population-based prospective cohort study were used.

Statistical analysis plan for the FiO-C trial: effects of closed-loop automatic control of the inspiratory fraction of oxygen (FiO-C) on outcomes of extremely preterm infants-a randomized-controlled parallel group multicentre trial for safety and efficacy.

Background: Extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs, i.e. those born before 28 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA)) often require supplemental oxygen and frequently experience intermittent hypo- and hyperoxemic episodes.