Patterns of Physical and Neurologic Development in Preterm Children
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Perinatology
- Vol. 22 (1) , 31-36
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210590
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of medical complications, gestational age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on the changes in anthropometric measures and severity of neurologic impairment from 6 to 54 months of age in premature and term infants. STUDY DESIGN: This study was a prospective longitudinal study to determine predictors of patterns of growth and neurologic outcome in low-risk (n=137) and high-risk (n=96) preterm infants compared to full-term infants (n=136). Growth modeling analyses were used to evaluate factors that might influence patterns of physical growth and changes in neurologic status. RESULTS: Medical risk level was a predictor of height and head circumference at 30 months and neurologic outcome. Gender was a predictor of weight gain. Medical risk level and gender predicted 13.8% and 32% of the variance in head circumference and neurologic scores, respectively. CONCLUSION: Medical complications after birth and gender are stronger influences than gestational age on patterns of growth and neurologic outcome.Keywords
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