Associations between size at birth and size at 6 years among preterm infants: a retrospective cohort study.

Kentaro AwataHiromichi Shoji Irena SantosaIkeda NahoYayoi MuranoNatsuki OhkawaNaoto Nishizaki Ken HisataMasato KantakeKaoru ObinataToshiaki Shimizu

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2021)

Gestational age and fetal growth in length (assessed with the birth-length z-score) were associated with anthropometric z-scores at 6 years in very-low-birth-weight children born at < 30 weeks of gestation, especially in boys.

Keyphrases

gestational age
low birth weight
preterm birth
preterm infants
birth weight
human milk
young adults
weight loss
body mass index