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Table 7 Clinical characteristics of poor growth at 12 months of CA

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

 

Poor growth

Normal growth

p

n

19

779

BW(kg)

1.65 ± 0.55

2.15 ± 0.51

< 0.0001*

GA (weeks)

33.3 ± 2.9

34.4 ± 2.1

0.22

SGA (n, %)

9(47)

102(13)

< 0.0001*

gender, male (n, %)

13(68.4)

424(54.4)

0.226

Twins (n, %)

6(31.6)

260(33.4)

0.87

VLBW (n, %)

10(52.6)

105(13.5)

< 0.0001*

  1. CA: corrected age; SGA, Small-for-gestational age, birth weight below 10th; VLBW: very low birth weight, birth weight < 1500 g; BW: birth weight; GA: gestational age; Poor growth:WLZ < -2SD. *: statistically significant
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BMC Pediatrics

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