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Table 4 Relation between short stature at age 5 and 10 years

From: Catch-up growth up to ten years of age in children born very preterm or with very low birth weight

 

n

At 10 years

  

<P10

≥P10

At 5 years

<P10

95

66 (69%)

29 (31%)*

≥P10

413

37 (9%)

376 (91%)

  

<P3

≥P3

At 5 years

<P3

44

29 (66%)

15 (34%)†

≥P3

464

18 (4%)

446 (96%)

  1. * median percentile: 23 (16 children < P25)
  2. † median percentile: 14 (12 children < P25)