ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2020
Premature birth was not associated with increased body fatness in four-year-old boys and girls.
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- The association between late preterm birth and cardiometabolic conditions across the life course: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- Association of Gestational Age in a Full Range With Childhood Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Scoping Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Association between preterm infant body composition in the first 3 months of life and preschool age: a cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Premature birth did not have a pronounced impact on eating behaviour of four-year-old children, but some effects were observed in girls.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Article
- Preterm birth and metabolic implications on later life: A narrative review focused on body composition.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Neonatal hyperoxia impairs adipogenesis of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and fat accumulation in adult mice.Free radical biology & medicine · 2021Article
- Do preterm girls need different nutrition to preterm boys? Sex-specific nutrition for the preterm infant.Pediatric research · 2021Review
- Does low birthweight matter?Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2020Article
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Abstract
aimPremature birth is a worldwide problem and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life. Prematurely born infants may have a high percentage of body fat at term-equivalent age, but it is unclear if this characteristic is maintained in childhood. Therefore, we compared the size and body composition of four-year-old prematurely born children to such values of full-term controls.
methodsBetween 2013 and 2015, we assessed weight, height, fat mass and fat-free mass, using air displacement plethysmography in 188 reasonably healthy prematurely born four-year-olds (98 boys).
resultsAt four years of age, prematurely born children (gestational weeks at birth: 23.3-36.9) tended to be lighter and shorter and to contain less fat mass and fat-free mass than did full-term controls. The gestational age at birth of the prematurely born children correlated positively and significantly (P < .05) with height, weight, body mass index, fat mass (kg, %), fat mass index and fat-free mass (kg) in girls but not in boys.
conclusionPrematurity was not associated with increased body fatness in our four-year-olds. Our findings are relevant in relation to previously published results showing that premature birth is associated with chronic disease later in life.
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