Growth trajectory during the first 1000 days and later overweight in very preterm infants.

Laure SimonAlice HadchouelCatherine ArnaudAnne Frondas-ChautyStéphane MarretCyril FlamantDominique DarmaunChristophe DelacourtLaetitia Marchand-MartinPierre Yves AncelJean-Christophe Roze

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2022)

Change in length Z-score during hospitalisation, a putative proxy of quality of neonatal growth, was negatively associated with risk of later OWO when change in BMI between discharge and at 2 years was included in the multivariable model.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
weight gain
low birth weight
physical activity
weight loss
quality improvement