title: The growth of low-birth-weight children.
abstract: The growth of 171 seven-year-old children, free from major disability, with a birth weight of 2000 g or less was examined and compared with that of their own parents and of normal-birth-weight peers. Measurements included height, weight, occipitofrontal circumference, biparietal, occipitofrontal and bi-iliac diameters, triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness. Low-birth-weight children were shorter than their parents whereas those of normal birth weight were taller. For all parameters, particularly weight, the low-birth-weight children were significantly less well grown. There was no significant relationship between occipitofrontal circumference and intellectual ability.
authors.affiliation: Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elliman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bryan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elliman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness