ArticlePediatric research2023
Postnatal growth of small for gestational age late preterm infants: determinants of catch-up growth.
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- Optimal weight gain to reduce obesity risk in preterm infants in a National cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Biological and environmental contributions to the growth rates of preterm children aged 0-2 years: a birth cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Early postnatal growth predictors of catch-up growth in term small-for-gestational-age infants: a nationwide propensity-score-matched study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Impact of Early Weight Catch-Up on 6-Year Neurodevelopment and Overweight/Obesity in Children Born Small-for-Gestational-Age.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Epigallocatechin gallate improves insulin sensitivity in rats experiencing catch-up growth after being small for gestational age by upregulating PDX1 expression.Translational pediatrics · 2025Article
- Does Breastfeeding Small for Gestational Age Neonates Promote a Healthier Growth Pattern? A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Differences in catch-up growth and its relationship to nutritional status between SGA and AGA twins and singletons in the first year after birth: a prospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- [Correlation Between Inflammatory Cytokine Levels and Growth Restriction in Full-term Small-for-Date Infants].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025Article
- Etiological Patterns of Protein-Energy Malnutrition in a Pediatric Clinic in China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Postnatal growth restriction impairs rat lung structure and function.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2025Article
- Factors influencing the growth of preterm infants in the first two years of life.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025Article
- Early postnatal growth failure in infants <1500 g in a Ugandan referral hospital: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Craniofacial and Velopharyngeal Dimensions in Infants 0-12 Months: Between- and Within-Group Differences Based on Age and Sex.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024Article
- Nutrition Supply and Growth Post Nutrition Support Team Activity in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2024Article
- Inadequate linear catch-up growth in children born small for gestational age: Influencing factors and underlying mechanisms.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- The impact of maternal intrahepatic cholestasis during pregnancy on the growth trajectory of offspring: a population-based nested case‒control cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundFailure to recover growth is a risk reported in late preterm population. This study aimed to evaluate the auxological outcome of late preterm infants and identify factors associated with failure to recover growth.
methodsWe enrolled late preterm infants with birth weight ≤10th percentile, followed up at High-Risk Infant Follow-up Service. We collected data at birth and at follow-up visits. A logistic regression analysis was performed to assess variables independently associated with growth failure.
resultsThe population consisted of 175 preterms. The percentage of children showing no weight recovery was 34% at 36 months. At logistic regression analysis, infants who had not regained weight at 12 months had a higher risk of not regaining weight even at 36 months. The same risk factor was highlighted for length catch-up growth. Moreover, infants fed any human milk at discharge were protected from not achieving both weight and length catch-up growth at 36 months.
conclusionThese results indicate that children born late preterm and small for gestational age could fail to recover weight and stature growth in the first 36 months. The protective effect of human milk on failure to thrive highlights the importance of promoting breastfeeding in this population. IMPACT: A significant number of SGA late preterms show a failure to recover weight and statural growth. Having experienced intrauterine growth restriction is associated with a greater chance of achieving statural catch-up growth. Being born singleton represents a risk factor for slower weight and height growth velocity. Breastmilk has a protective effect on failure to recover adequate weight and length in preterm SGA infants. This finding highlights the importance of promoting breastfeeding in this population.
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