Factors Associated with In-hospital Growth Trajectories of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Relationships between individual factors and in-hospital growth of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants have been previously investigated; however, examining these factors together and their association with growth rates during hospitalization is warranted. This study explores the relationship between infant demographics, morbidities, daily macronutrient and energy intakes, and in-hospital weight, length, and head circumference (HC) trajectories. Repeated measures linear regression models assessed the relationship between prospectively-collected factors and anthropometric measures over time of 316 VLBW infants. Weight was associated with all macronutrient and energy intakes over time, irrespective of the infantsâ postnatal age (p-values: .03-M.Sc.2019-11-08 00:00:0