Boys Face More Danger Than Girls In Womb, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Study

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Boys are 14% more likely to be born premature than girls, and even at the same gestational age boys have a higher risk of death and complications because girls develop faster in the womb, new global research shows.

The findings from six studies published Thursday in the journal Pediatric Research quantify for the first time what neonatologists have long observed.

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