Growth in 10- to 12-Year-Old Children Born at 23 to 25 Weeks' Gestation in the 1990s: A Swedish National Prospective Follow-up Study

Farooqi, Aijaz; Hägglöf, Bruno; Sedin, Gunnar; Gothefors, Leif; Serenius, Fredrik

doi:10.1542/peds.2006-1069

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“…1,6,7 However, most of the children in these studies remained significantly shorter, had lower weight, and had a smaller head circumference compared with full-term controls. 1,6,7 Also, higher frequencies of oral defects seen as palatal grooving, high-arched palate, prenormal occlusion, and palatal asymmetry have been reported in preterm children compared with full-term controls. 8,9 A recent investigation concluded that the prevalence of malocclusion traits and the professionally assessed need for orthodontic treatment were greater in a group of preterm children than in a control group of full-term children.…”

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“…These results correspond well with those reported after other investigations of EPT children. 1,7 In a longitudinal cephalometric study of children with normal occlusion, 14 it was found that the position of the permanent incisors continuously achieved a more proclined position from 5 to 16 years of age. In the present study, the lower incisors were found to be significantly more retroclined in the EPT group compared to VPT and full-term control children.…”

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Craniofacial Morphology in Prematurely Born Children

Paulsson

Bondemark

2009

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Objective: To test the null hypothesis that there is no difference between the craniofacial morphology of prematurely born children and that of matched full-term born controls. Materials and Methods: White children 8 to 10 years of age, born at the University Hospitals of Lund and Malmö and living in the same part of Sweden, were included. One group consisted of 36 very preterm children, born during gestational weeks 29 to 32; the other group included 36 extremely preterm children, who were born before the 29th gestational week. Subjects were compared with a control group of 31 full-term children, who were matched for gender, age, nationality, and living area. One lateral head radiograph was taken for each child, and the cephalometric analysis included 15 angular and 11 linear variables. Also, the height, weight, and head circumference of each child were registered. Results: A significantly shorter anterior cranial base and a less convex skeletal profile were found among extremely preterm children, and significantly shorter maxillary length was noted in both extremely preterm and very preterm groups as compared with full-term children. The lower incisors were significantly more retroclined and retruded in the extremely preterm group compared with the very preterm group and the full-term control group. Extremely preterm children were significantly shorter, and both extremely preterm and very preterm children had significantly lower weight and smaller head circumference compared with full-term children. Conclusion: The null hypothesis was rejected because several craniofacial parameters differed significantly between preterm and full-term born control children. (Angle Orthod. 2009;79: 276-283.)

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Craniofacial Morphology in Prematurely Born Children

Paulsson

Bondemark

2009

The Angle Orthodontist

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“…12 However, there are reports that adolescents born prematurely are smaller compared with those who were born at term gestation. 13,14 During the neonatal period, preterm infants have bone mineralization problems such as osteopenia and rickets. [1][2][3] Evidence of poor bone mineralization, rickets and bone fractures has been reported in more than 30% of infants with birth weights less than 1000 g. 15,16 One of the major causes of bone problems is calcium and phosphorus deficiency in the postnatal period, either from an inability to tolerate adequate enteral feeding or from a deficient mineral intake when fed low calcium and phosphorus milk, such as human milk or standard term infant formula.…”

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Growth and bone mineralization in children born prematurely

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Objective: To study the growth and bone mineralization of children born prematurely.Study Design: A cohort of healthy children who were born prematurely with birth weight less than 1.5 kg were compared by weight and height to a national reference. Bone mineral status of preterm infants was compared with children who were born at term gestation. The average follow-up was 7 years. A sample of children who were born prematurely was recalled from an infant nutrition study. Children born at term gestation who had similar body weight for age were recruited from the community. Bone mineral evaluation was conducted in a group of 20 children born prematurely with birth weight less than 1.5 kg and in 15 children born at term gestation. Body weight for age was similar between the groups. All children were born of appropriate size for gestational age at birth. All children had their body weight and height measured. Comparisons for growth assessment status were made with the NHANES III database and published standards. Dietary intakes and food frequency were analyzed. The bone mineral status was measured at two sites, lumbar spine and distal third radius bone.Results: The average age was 7 years, with a range of 5 to 9 years. Compared with the reference population, children who were born prematurely on the average had lower weights, heights and body mass index. Preterm children had a lower lumbar bone mineral content than term children, 12.8 ± 3.0 and 14.7 ± 2.2 g cm À1 (P<0.05). The lumbar bone mineral density was lower in the preterm group than in the term group, 0.525±0.062 and 0.574±0.073 g cm À2 , respectively (P<0.04). Three of the preterm children had a history of fracture whereas none of the term children reported any fractures. Conclusion:Children who were born prematurely with birth weights less than 1.5 kg tend to be significantly smaller for age and have lower lumbar spinal bone mineral content and density compared with children born at term gestation.

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“…Infants with low birth weight are known to catch up their weight and to a smaller extent their height deficit within the first two years of life (16,17). Catch-up growth has also been established and confirmed in meta-analyses as an important risk factor for overweight and the metabolic syndrome later in life (18)…”

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Is low birth weight in the causal pathway of the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and higher BMI in the offspring?

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This is the author-created version of the article. The final publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/v50765612w23x7p8/fulltext.html. AbstractIntroduction: A number of cross-sectional and prospective studies suggested a priming effect of maternal smoking in pregnancy on offspring's obesity. It has been hypothesized that this association might be explained by low birth weight and subsequent catch-up growth in the causal pathway. We therefore examined the role of birth weight in children exposed vs. not exposed to cigarette smoking in utero on later body mass index (BMI).

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Growth in 10- to 12-Year-Old Children Born at 23 to 25 Weeks' Gestation in the 1990s: A Swedish National Prospective Follow-up Study

Abstract: Children born at the limit of viability attain poor growth in early childhood, followed by catch-up growth to age 11 years, but remain smaller than their term-born peers. Strategies that improve early growth might improve the outcome.

Cited by 114 publications

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Craniofacial Morphology in Prematurely Born Children

Craniofacial Morphology in Prematurely Born Children

Growth and bone mineralization in children born prematurely

Is low birth weight in the causal pathway of the association between maternal smoking in pregnancy and higher BMI in the offspring?

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