Seham Elmrayed, Susan Dai, Abhay Lodha, Manoj Kumar, Tanis R Fenton
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Abstract
Objective: To 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 design: This longitudinal analysis used data from the Preterm Infant Multicenter Growth Study (2001-2014).
Results: 1,416 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).
Conclusion: For extremely and very preterm children, age correction is required for all growth measures through 36 months of corrected age.
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The Journal of Perinatology provides members of the perinatal/neonatal healthcare team with original information pertinent to improving maternal/fetal and neonatal care. We publish peer-reviewed clinical research articles, state-of-the art reviews, comments, quality improvement reports, and letters to the editor. Articles published in the Journal of Perinatology embrace the full scope of the specialty, including clinical, professional, political, administrative and educational aspects. The Journal also explores legal and ethical issues, neonatal technology and product development.
The Journal’s audience includes all those that participate in perinatal/neonatal care, including, but not limited to neonatologists, perinatologists, perinatal epidemiologists, pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists, surgeons, neonatal and perinatal nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, social workers, dieticians, speech and hearing experts, other allied health professionals, as well as subspecialists who participate in patient care including radiologists, laboratory medicine and pathologists.
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