Postnatal Stature does not Largely Mediate the Relationship between Adverse Birth Outcomes and Cognitive Development in Mid-childhood and Early Adolescence in Rural Western China.

The association of LBW and SGA with cognitive development in mid-childhood and adolescence is not largely mediated by postnatal stature during the first two years of life. Postnatal interventions that address the antecedent causes of poor child growth and development, rather than early childhood growth alone, are more likely to mitigate the risk of suboptimal development among SGA and LBW children.