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Table 3 the rates of growth deviations the different GA groups

From: First-year growth of 834 preterm infants in a Chinese population: a single-center study

 

SGA No.(%)

AGA No.(%)

p

0 Mon CA

 N

92

659

 

Growth deviations

 Stunting

26(28.3)

12(1.8)

< 0.01*

 Wasting

9(10)

19(2.9)

< 0.01*

 Microcephalus

4(4.3)

6(0.9)

< 0.01*

 Overweight

1(1.1)

31(4.7)

0.108

12 Mon CA

 N

103

686

 

Growth deviations

 Stunting

6(5.8)

3(0.4)

< 0.01*

 Wasting

9(8.7)

10(1.5)

< 0.01*

 Microcephalus

3(2.9)

3(0.4)

< 0.01*

 Overweight

0(0)

9(1.3)

0.24

  1. Mon:months, CA: corrected age; GA: gestational age; SGA, Small-for-gestational age: a birth weight below the 10th percentile for gestational age based on Fenton’s growth chart. AGA: appropriate-for-gestational age: a birth weight between the 10th percentile and 90th percentile for gestational age. Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used to analyze. *: statistically significant
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BMC Pediatrics

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