Size at Birth and Gestational Age as Predictors of Adult Height and Weight

Eide, Martha G; Øyen, Nina; Skjærven, Rolv; Nilsen, Stein Tore; Bjérkedal, Tor; Tell, Grethe S.

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“…In girls and boys birth length and BMC were significantly positive associated in crude models. Interestingly, a study by Eide et al [32] aimed to examine the contribution of birth length and birth weight on adult length and weight. They suggested that birth length perhaps is a better predictor of adult height and weight than birth weight.…”

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The influence of birth weight and length on bone mineral density and content in adolescence: The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures

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The influence of birth weight and length on bone mineral density and content in adolescence. The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures.Purpose: The influence of birth weight and length on bone mineral density and content later in life is unclear, especially in adolescence. This study evaluated the impact of birth weight and length on bone mineral density and content among adolescents.Methods: We included 961 participants from the population-based Fit Future study (2010)(2011). Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) was used to measure bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) at femoral neck (FN), total hip (TH) and total body (TB). BMD and BMC measures were linked with birth weight and length ascertained from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. Linear regression models were used to investigate the influence of birth parameters on BMD and BMC. Corresponding analyses using birth length as exposure gave significantly positive associations with BMC at all sites in both sexes. The significant positive association between birth weight 3 and BMC-TB in girls, and birth length and BMC-TB in boys remained after multivariable adjustment.Conclusions: We found a positive association between birth size and BMC in adolescence.However, this association was attenuated after adjustment for weight, height and physical activity during adolescence.

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“…It has been claimed that birth weight measurements are more reliable than length measurements [41] and that birth length measurements show less variability when compared with birth weight measurements. Thus, it has been discussed whether this variable should be treated as a discrete variable, even when measured and reported as cm [32].…”

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“…Lifelong morbidities among survivors include cerebral palsy, intellectual impairment, chronic lung disease and vision and hearing loss (3). Increased blood pressure, accelerated weight gain and growth failure are also among the comorbidities (2,12,13). In this review, we will highlight current information on growth in children born prematurely, mainly referring to publications with preterm classification based on GA; the hormonal abnormalities possible associated with lack of catch-up growth after the first months of life and discuss the potential treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for those who remain with short stature during infancy and childhood.…”

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

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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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“…Since that time, body measurements at birth have been made with the emphasis on referencing birth body length to population standards and are now approached more often as a screening tool used for children with an ele-www. journals.viamedica.pl/ginekologia_polska vated risk of growth disturbances and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) [12][13][14]. Therefore, formulation of specific recommendations for further care for neonates and children in their first months and years of life, especially, careful monitoring of growth and avoiding overfeeding, depends on the adequate and accurate body measurements at birth.…”

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Birth body length, birth body weight and birth head circumference in neonates born in a single centre between 2011 and 2016

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Objectives: Access to updated and accurate standards for local populations is important for the interpretation of body measurements in neonates and may have an impact on the doctor's recommendations for monitoring early childhood development.Study aim: to present individual mean values for the most prevalent body measurements (i.e. birth body length (BBL), birth body weight (BBW) and birth head circumference (BHC)) in neonates and compare them to the duration of pregnancy. Material and methods:The measurements (BBL, BBW and BHC) were collected and analyzed from over 27,000 neonates born in a single center. All women with single pregnancies with gestation ranging from 33 to 42 weeks were included in the study. Results:Mean values and statistically significant standard deviation values from population standards of BBL, BBW, and BHC were evaluated for neonates that were born between the 33 rd and 42 nd week of gestation. Analysis was conducted for the lower limit (10 th percentile), average (50 th percentile) and upper limit (90 th percentile). Conclusions:This was the first time in Polish literature when population standards were presented for three body measurements of neonates. With the size of the cohort, these standards can be successfully implemented into routine clinical practice, especially for screening children with body size deficits.

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Size at Birth and Gestational Age as Predictors of Adult Height and Weight

Abstract: Birth length is perhaps a better predictor of adult height and weight than birth weight, and should be considered as a possible risk factor for adult morbidity and mortality.

Cited by 131 publications

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The influence of birth weight and length on bone mineral density and content in adolescence: The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures

The influence of birth weight and length on bone mineral density and content in adolescence: The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures

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

Birth body length, birth body weight and birth head circumference in neonates born in a single centre between 2011 and 2016

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