[Development of body weight and height of small-for-gestational-age infants in relation to the degree of intrauterine retardation].
The increase of weight of 238 hypotrophic and 31 eutrophic newborns is analyzed and assigned to 4 clusters in the course of their first 21 months. It is compared with body weight curves by Prader. Cluster 1 Increase in weight about the 50th percentile Cluster 2 Increase in weight between the 50th and 3rd percentile Cluster 3 Increase in weight just below the 3rd percentile Cluster 4 Increase in weight clearly below the 3rd percentile More than a half of all hypotrophic newborns had a body weight below the 3rd percentile by Prader (cluster 3 and 4) on attaining the age of 21 months. The appearance of hypotrophy in the newborns is subdivided into 4 groups by means of gestational age and relative birthweight: Group 1 eutrophic and moderate hypotrophic (n = 77) Group 2 premature and moderate hypotrophic (n = 46) Group 3 eutrophic and distinct hypotrophic (n = 62) Group 4 premature and distinct hypotrophic (n = 53) We found that the increase of weight correspond to cluster 4 in 4% of group 1, in 22% of group 2, in 32% of group 3, and in 43% of group 4. At last the increase of body weight is hard influenced in the first 3 years of life by hypotrophy and degrees of maturity of the newborns.
Richter
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Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Ernährung, Universität Leipzig.
Lietz
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Beyreiss
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D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000254:growth & development*
Gewichts- und Längenentwicklung ehemals hypotroph geborener Kinder in Abhängigkeit vom Schweregrad der intrauterinen Retardierung.