ArticlePediatric research2022
Preterm birth and subsequent timing of pubertal growth, menarche, and voice break.
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- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and extremely preterm birth: time for a broader perspective on long-term outcomes.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Review
- The association between age at menarche and subsequent risk of chronic pain.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- Risk factors and preventive strategies for precocious puberty: a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Early life growth is related to pubertal growth and adult height - a QEPS-model analysis.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Recent advances in understanding pathophysiology of non-nutritional stunting in very preterm infants.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2025Article
- Associations between birth characteristics, pubertal timing and adult height.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Association between infant breastfeeding practices and timing of peak height velocity: A nationwide longitudinal survey in Japan.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- 2022 Clinical practice guidelines for central precocious puberty of Korean children and adolescents.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe evaluated pubertal growth and pubertal timing of participants born preterm compared to those born at term.
methodsIn the ESTER Preterm Birth Study, we collected growth data and measured final height of men/women born very or moderately preterm (<34 gestational weeks, n = 52/55), late preterm (34-<37 weeks, 94/106), and term (≥37 weeks, 131/151), resulting in median 9 measurements at ≥6 years. Timing of menarche or voice break was self-reported. Peak height velocity (PHV, cm/year) and age at PHV (years) were compared with SuperImposition by Translation And Rotation (SITAR) model (sexes separately).
resultsAge at PHV (years) and PHV (cm/year) were similar in all gestational age groups. Compared to term controls, insignificant differences in age at PHV were 0.1 (95% CI: -0.2 to 0.4) years/0.2 (-0.1 to 0.4) for very or moderately/late preterm born men and -0.0 (-0.3 to 0.3)/-0.0 (-0.3 to 0.2) for women, respectively. Being born small for gestational age was not associated with pubertal growth. Age at menarche or voice break was similar in all the gestational age groups.
conclusionsTiming of pubertal growth and age at menarche or voice break were similar in participants born preterm and at term. IMPACT: Pubertal growth and pubertal timing were similar in preterm and term participants in a relatively large cohort with a wide range of gestational ages. Previous literature indicates that small for gestational age is a risk for early puberty in term born children. This was not shown in preterm children. While our study had limited power for children born very preterm, all children born preterm were not at increased risk for early puberty.
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