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Difference in height and systolic BP between the LBW and NBW children tend to be maintained from childhood until young adulthood. The LBW young adults experience catch-up growth in body proportions. The LBW young adults have lower pulmonary function.

Except a somewhat higher rate of school dropouts, the overall outcome of school performance, QOL and social functioning in the LBW young adults was comparable to that of the NBW control group.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Several studies suggest that VLBW is associated with a reduced CC size later in life. We aimed to clarify this in a prospective, controlled study of 19-year-olds, hypothesizing that those with LBWs had smaller subregions of CC than the age-matched controls, even after correcting for brain volume.