The further a baby was born from ideal timing of birth was associated with a greater risk of premature death, the study found. However, while modest, the finding that babies born at 37 to 38 weeks were at a 10% increased risk of dying early, compared with those born after that gestation, was important given that early-term birth was two to three times more common than preterm birth, Crump said.
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