Late Preterm Infant Growth and Body Composition at Corrected Term Gestation: A Cohort Study
| Autor: | Saikiran Deshabhotla, Snehal Pallod, Baswaraj Tandur |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp PO10-PO14 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2277-8527 2455-6890 |
| DOI: | 10.7860/IJNMR/2021/45525.2297 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Worldwide major proportion of preterm births is late preterm infants. Preterm infants are deprived of optimal in-utero nutrition leading to immediate consequences of growth failure and long-term complications like adverse neurodevelopment outcomes whereas preterm infants with fast catch up growth after birth have health consequences like obesity and hypertension in adulthood. Aim: To assess growth of late preterm infants at their term equivalent Gestational Age (GA) and compare their growth and body composition with term infants. Materials and Methods: This was a cohort study of late preterm (34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks) infants that were Appropriate for Gestational Age (AGA) and controls that were AGA term infants (39 0/7 to 40 6/7 weeks). All enrolled late preterm infants were followed-up at term equivalent (39 0/7 to 40 6/7 weeks). Growth plotted on Fenton’s chart and body composition were calculated using pre-defined formula for total mid-upper arm area (cm2 ), mid-upper arm muscle area (cm2 ), mid-upper arm fat area (cm2 ), and the Arm Fat Index (AFI) (%). The data was analysed using Epi info (version 7.2) with student t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test for dichotomous variables. A p-value of |
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