ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025
Preterm growth assessment: the latest findings on age correction.
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- Fenton Third-Generation Growth Charts of Preterm Infants Without Abnormal Fetal Growth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- Brain regions with gestational age differences mediate cognition in adolescents born very premature.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Maternal and fetal determinants on kidney size in early childhood: insights from a New York City cohort.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Growth Trajectories During Early Childhood and Ocular Development in High-Risk Infants.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of age correction up to 36 months of age for growth assessments of extremely preterm (<28 weeks) and very preterm (28 to <32 weeks) infants. STUDY
designThis longitudinal analysis used data from the Preterm Infant Multicenter Growth Study (2001-2014).
results1,416 children were included (Median gestational age = 27 weeks). Chronological age-based weight, height, and head circumference z-scores were consistently lower than those based on corrected age for all ages (0, 4, 8, 21 and 36 months) by up to -5.2 (95% confidence interval -5.4, -5.1) z-scores for length at term. Using chronological age, higher proportions of children were misclassified as having suboptimal growth (up to 72.9% misdiagnosed as stunted and 89.8% misdiagnosed as underweight at term).
conclusionFor extremely and very preterm children, age correction is required for all growth measures through 36 months of corrected age.
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