Postnatal growth in preterm infants and later health outcomes:a systematic review
- Ong, Ken K.
- Kennedy, Kathy
- Castañeda-Gutiérrez, Eurídice
- Forsyth, Stewart
- Godfrey, Keith M.
- Koletzko, Berthold
- Latulippe, Marie E.
- Ozanne, Susan E.
- Rueda, Ricardo
- Schoemaker, Marieke H.
- van der Beek, Eline M.
- van Buuren, Stef
- Fewtrell, Mary
Publication date
October 2015
DOIAbstract
UNLABELLED: In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development of metabolic diseases.CONCLUSION: In this systematic review, observational studies reported consistent positive associations between postnatal weight or head growth and neurocognitive outcomes; however, there was limited evidence from the few intervention studies. Evidence linking postnatal weight gain to later adiposity and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in preterm infants was also limited.</p
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