Postnatal catch-up growth in term newborns with altered fetal weight patterns. The GROWIN study.
María Sonsoles Galán ArévaloIgnacio Mahillo FernándezMiguel Saenz De PipaonLuis Mariano EstebanDiego Hernández MartínJuan Rodriguez DelgadoJosé Carlos Estevez MuñozMercedes Andeyro-GarcíaRoi Piñeiro PerezRicardo Savirón CornudellaPublished in: Pediatric research (2023)
Appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) newborns with fetal growth deceleration (FGD), between the third trimester of pregnancy and delivery, present a lower weight and height, during the first year of life, compared to AGA non-FGD. Appropriate-for-gestational-age (AGA) newborns with fetal growth deceleration (FGD), between the third trimester of pregnancy and delivery, present a higher likelihood of weight catch-up in the first 3 months of life and of BMI in the first year compared to AGA non-FGD. AGA FGD experienced early weight and BMI catch-up, especially in the first 3 months of life, like SGA. This finding should be considered in the future follow-up.