Journal article
Growth from infancy to adulthood and associations with cardiometabolic health in individuals born extremely preterm
JLY Cheong, JE Olsen, T Konstan, RM Mainzer, LM Hickey, AJ Spittle, JD Wark, MM Cheung, SM Garland, J Duff, M Clark, P Stevens, LW Doyle, P Anderson, R Boland, A Burnett, M Charlton, N Davis, L Doyle, E Johnston Show all
Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific | Published : 2023
Abstract
Background: Few studies have tracked growth in children born extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks’ gestation) beyond late adolescence. The relationships between growth parameters (including weight and BMI) through childhood and adolescence with later cardiometabolic health, are unclear in those born EP. We aimed to (i) compare growth from 2 to 25 years between EP and controls; and in the EP group (ii) determine the associations of growth parameters with cardiometabolic health. Methods: Prospective state-wide cohort of all EP livebirths in Victoria, Australia, in 1991–1992 and contemporaneous term-born controls. Z-scores for weight (z-weight), height (z-height) and BMI (z-BMI) at 2, 5, 8, 18 and ..
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Awarded by Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Funding Acknowledgements
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.