ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2022
Effects of Ponderal Index on Neonatal Mortality and Morbidities in Extremely Premature Infants.
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- Ponderal Index Increases With Maternal Glucose, but Large for Gestational Age Better Predicts Infant Morbidity in Type 1 Diabetes Pregnancies.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
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- Birth weight and ponderal index percentiles for twins based on sex and chorionicity in a center of Guangdong Province, China.Translational pediatrics · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of "SAFAL MATRUTV GATS" (Stunting alleviation by facilitation of antenatal-postnatal-interventions for low birth weight reduction) - A peer-led self-empowerment group at rural villages in Eastern Maharashtra: Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Lipid Profile in Children Born Small for Gestational Age.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate how intrauterine stress affects extremely premature infants in terms of intrauterine growth restriction. We hypothesized that extremely premature infants with mildly-low ponderal index (MPI) would have better neonatal outcomes.
methodsWe selected 2,721 subjects of 23 to 28 weeks of gestation between 2013 and 2015 from Korean Neonatal Network database. They were divided into 4 groups based on ponderal index (PI) percentile; PI ≤ 3rd as severely-low PI (SPI, n = 82), 3rd < PI ≤ 10th as MPI (n = 190), 10th < PI ≤ 90th as adequate PI (API, n = 2,179), and PI > 90th as high PI (HPI, n = 270).
resultsThe mortality in MPI and API groups was comparable (16.3% vs. 16.9%). It was significantly lower than that in the SPI and HPI groups (30.5% and 24.9%, respectively;
conclusionThe MPI and API groups had lower mortality, massive pulmonary hemorrhage, severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death, pulmonary hypertension and neonatal seizure rates than the SPI and/or HPI groups, while the MPI group showed a lower incidence of severe IVH than the other groups. We speculate that the lower incidence of neonatal morbidities and mortality in the MPI group indicating mild intrauterine stress might accelerate fetal maturation resulting in better outcomes in extremely premature infants.
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