Growth Trajectories of Preterm Infants: Birth to 12 Years

Sullivan, Mary C.; McGrath, Margaret; Hawes, Katheleen; Lester, Barry M.

doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.02.008

Cited by 38 publications

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“…These findings were corroborated in a separate report of 10-year-old children born preterm (<1500 g) with or without cerebral palsy who experienced more physical and verbal victimization, and social isolation than full term peers [8, 23]. One plausible explanation for these findings includes the following: children born preterm have more health sequelae than their peers [25, 26]. Visual motor, minor motor problems, and subtle neurological deficits persist throughout childhood so they may appear clumsy to peers [19, 27] which may lead to victimization [8, 28].…”

Section: Prematurity and Friendshipsupporting

confidence: 53%

Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12

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Close friendships become important at middle-school age and are unexplored in adolescents born prematurely. The study aimed to characterize friendship behaviors of formerly preterm infants at age 12 and explore similarities and differences between preterm and full-term peers on dyadic friendship types. From the full sample of N = 186, one hundred sixty-six 12-year-old adolescents (40 born full term, 126 born preterm) invited a close friend to a 1.5 hour videotaped laboratory play session. Twenty adolescents were unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts or developmental disability. Characteristic friendship behaviors were identified by Q-sort followed by Q-factoring analysis. Friendship duration, age, and contact differed between the full-term and preterm groups but friendship activities, behaviors, and quality were similar despite school service use. Three Q-factors, leadership, distancing, and mutual playfulness, were most characteristic of all dyads, regardless of prematurity. These prospective, longitudinal findings demonstrate diminished prematurity effects at adolescence in peer friendship behavior and reveal interpersonal dyadic processes that are important to peer group affiliation and other areas of competence.

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Characteristic Processes in Close Peer Friendships of Preterm Infants at Age 12

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“…The most important predictors of height at 5/6 years of age were height at 1 year of age, the difference in height between ages 1 and 2 and midparental height SDS. Despite having children born at term in their study, the majority were preterm with known GA. At 12 years of age, children born prematurely and SGA were shorter and leaner than children born full-term and AGA, without increment in height after 8 years of age, whereas preterm born AGA with neonatal comorbidities still presented some gain in height after 8 years of age (70). These studies reinforce the influence of size at birth on catch-up growth among preterm children.…”

Section: Infancy and Childhood Growthsupporting

confidence: 60%

MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Growth and growth hormone therapy in short children born preterm

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Cardoso-Demartini

2017

European Journal of Endocrinology

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Approximately 15 million babies are born preterm across the world every year, with less than 37 completed weeks of gestation. Survival rates increased during the last decades with the improvement of neonatal care. With premature birth, babies are deprived of the intense intrauterine growth phase, and postnatal growth failure might occur. Some children born prematurely will remain short at later ages and adult life. The risk of short stature increases if the child is also born small for gestational age. In this review, the effects of being born preterm on childhood growth and adult height and the hormonal abnormalities possibly associated with growth restriction are discussed, followed by a review of current information on growth hormone treatment for those who remain with short stature during infancy and childhood.

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“…[34][35][36] The preschool years also signify an important time in the development of premature infants, who often show significant catch-up of physical and mental growth by school age. 37,38 In light of these developments, is it important to assess whether the abnormalities noted in triplets across infancy persist into later childhood or whether they attenuate as children mature, gain independence, and acquire new cognitive and social competencies.…”

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