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Main parameters of growth (weight, height, head circumference) were estimated in 123 preterm children born with the appropriate birth weight, 60 small-for-dates (SFD) children born in term, 42 SFD children born before term and 120 full term healthy children (control group) when they reached the age of 10 years. Mean values of growth parameters were lower in all groups of children with LBW; the difference was significant only in both groups of SFD children, the worst results being in preterm SFD children. The low mean values were due to the larger proportion of children with subnormal parameters of growth in all groups of LBW children, in SFD children also due to the higher incidence of more severe cases. It seems that the long-lasting alteration of growth is more prominent in children with the prenatal malnutrition than in those with the shortening of gestation. The incidence of growth retarded children was less in girls, probably due to the influence of the beginning puberty.
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Polácek, K., Syrovatka, A. THE GROWTH OF CHILDREN BORN WITH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AFTER 10 YEARS. Pediatr Res 8, 139 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197402000-00079
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197402000-00079