Strengths and limitations
term-born
PRETERM BIRTH
One of the main strengths of our study is the large and homogenous study cohort, which includes adolescents from all types of schools and apprentices of the same age from the entire study region. Furthermore, we investigated a broad spectrum of CV health parameters and data was collected prospectively by a small and stable study team within approximately three years.The small number of former preterm-born adolescents compared with term-born individuals is a limitation, which must be mentioned. The rate of former preterm born adolescents in our cohort, however, corresponds to the rate of preterm birth in Austria [