Functional performance according to gestational age and birth weight of preschool children born premature or with low weight

Premature labour is a major health problem.Besides medical factors, risk factors include lowersocial class, less education, single marital status,low income younger maternal age, low body weight,ethnicity, smoking, poor housing. The long termsequelae can be severe and the cost - financiallyand socially - of care is high. Preterm birth is indeeda major clinical public heath problem that accountsfor nearly 50% of all neonatal deaths