Implications for quantifying early life growth trajectories of term-born infants using INTERGROWTH-21st newborn size standards at birth in conjunction with World Health Organization child growth standards in the postnatal period.

Nandita PerumalEric O OhumaAndrew M PrenticePrakesh S ShahAbdullah Al MahmudSophie E MooreDaniel E Roth

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2022)

Using IG-NS at birth with WHO-GS postnatally is acceptable for full-term infants but may give a misleading interpretation of growth trajectories among early- and late-term infants.

Keyphrases

gestational age
preterm infants
early life
preterm birth
depressive symptoms
low birth weight