ArticleJournal of tropical pediatrics2021
Poor Head Growth Is Associated with Later Mental Delay among Vietnamese Preterm Infants: A Follow-up Study.
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- The prevalence of long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm-born children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of developmental outcomes in 72 974 preterm-born children.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Head circumference and intelligence, schooling, employment, and income: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Early life trajectories of head circumference predict executive function and fluid cognitive skills at age 4 in Kenya.Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2025Article
- Evaluating Non-Invasive Computer Vision-Based Quantification of Neonatal Movement as a Marker of Development in Preterm Infants: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- [Research hotspots in post-discharge follow-up management of preterm infants].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundPreterm infants in low- and middle-income countries are at high risk of poor physical growth, but their growth data are still scarce.
objectivesTo describe the growth of Vietnamese preterm infants in the first 2 years, and to compare with references: World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards, and healthy Southeast Asian (SEA) infants. Further, to assess the association between growth in the first year and neurodevelopment at 2 years corrected age (CA).
methodsWe conducted a cohort study to follow up preterm infants discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit for 2 years. Weight, length and head circumference (HC) were measured at 3, 12 and 24 months CA. Neurodevelopment was assessed using Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-3rd Edition at 24 months CA.
resultsOver 90% of the cohort showed catch-up weight at 3 months CA. Weight and length were comparable to healthy SEA but were lower than WHO standards. HC was significantly smaller than those of WHO standards with HC Z-scores steadily decreasing from -0.95 at 3 months CA to -1.50 at 24 months CA. Each one decrement of HC Z-score from 3 to 12 months CA was associated with nearly twice an increase in odds of mental delay at 24 months CA (odds ratio 1.89; 95% confidence interval 1.02-3.50).
conclusionVietnamese preterm infants exhibited early catch-up weight but poor head growth, which was associated with later delays in mental development. Our findings support the importance of HC measures in follow-up for preterm infants.
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