SynthesisAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2019
Catch-Up Growth in Full-Term Small for Gestational Age Infants: A Systematic Review.
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Does the evidence support in utero influences on later health and disease? A systematic review of highly cited Barker studies on developmental origins.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Pooled it
- Association of Infant Physical Development and Rapid Growth With Pubertal Onset Among Girls in Rural China.JAMA network open · 2021Trial
- Steady Growth in Early Infancy Is Associated with Greater Anthropometry in Indian Children Born Low Birth Weight at Term.The Journal of nutrition · 2019Trial
- Growth Deceleration in Infants With Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Cow's Milk Allergy: Case Series From Specialised Centre.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Fetal Growth Trajectories in Wuhan, China.Environmental health perspectives · 2026Article
- Maternal metabolic determinants of accelerated infant weight gain in early life: assessing the combined effects of gestational diabetes and pre-pregnancy overweight.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Children born SGA receiving growth hormone have similarly impaired glucose-insulin metabolism as children with obesity.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- The Impact of Early-Life Growth on Long-Term Cardiometabolic and Neurocognitive Outcomes in High-Income Countries: A Neglected Public Health Problem.Nutrition reviews · 2026Review
- Genetic screening of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor gene in children born small for gestational age: the continuing importance of insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling.Endocrine journal · 2026Article
- Impact of being small for gestational age in neonates born below 600 g birth weight.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Voting Restrictions and Increased Odds of Adverse Birth Outcomes in the US.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- A prediction nomogram for faltering catch-up growth in full-term small-for-gestational-age infants: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- [A follow-up study on the physical and motor development of premature infants with small for gestational age within 2 years after birth].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025Article
- Interactive and joint associations of prenatal ozone and PMBMC public health · 2025Article
- Postnatal Growth Patterns and Deviations in Singleton and Twin Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study on Infants Appropriate and Small for Gestational Age.Pediatric discovery · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with small for gestational age births among women delivering at a tertiary hospital in South-Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Associations Between Paternal Body Mass Index and Neurodevelopmental-Physical Outcomes in Small-for-Gestational-Age Children.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
This is the first systematic review to examine the global prevalence of catch-up growth (CUG) in small for gestational age (SGA) infants who were born at full term (FT). Size at birth and subsequent growth is an important indicator of neonatal and adult health. Globally, 16% of infants are SGA at birth, ranging from 7% in industrialized countries to 41.5% in South Asia. SGA infants are at increased risk for negative developmental and adult health outcomes. Some achieve CUG but others do not. CUG has immediate and late health implications especially in low- and middle-income countries. This systematic review sought to determine the global prevalence of CUG among FT-SGA infants. We performed a literature search of MEDLINE, Pubmed, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus, as well as grey literature databases, and identified 3137 studies. The final analysis included 11 studies. The median prevalence of CUG was 87.4% across all definitions of SGA and CUG. However, multiple definitions were used to classify SGA and CUG. Nine unique reference populations were used to classify SGA, and 6 to approximate CUG. Due to this heterogeneity, a meta-analysis could not be conducted. Program implementation for this vulnerable group of infants is dependent on proper classification. Given the wide range of definitions and reference standards used in the past, it is not possible to determine the global need for programs to address CUG for FT-SGA infants or to rationally plan any such programs. We highlight the need and propose standard definitions and references for SGA and CUG.
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