title: Neonatal hyperglycemia and diminished long-term growth in very low birth weight preterm infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association between early hyperglycemia and growth and development from hospital discharge to 2 years corrected age (CA) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Blood glucose levels during the first 14 days after birth, weight, length and occipital-frontal circumference (OFC) at birth, hospital discharge and 4, 12 and 24 months CA, Bayley developmental scores at 12 and 24 months CA, and information on multiple clinical variables were recorded on VLBW preterm infants (N=80). The relationships between hyperglycemia, growth and developmental scores were determined using linear mixed effects regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hyperglycemia was a strong predictor of poor rate of increase in weight, length and OFC until 24 months CA. Hyperglycemia was not associated with lower scores on the Bayley scales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neonatal hyperglycemia was associated with poor physical growth until at least 2 years CA in this cohort of VLBW preterm infants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ramel
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Durrwachter-Erno
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Demerath
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male