Year: 2015
Type: review
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: UNLABELLED: In preterm infants, poor postnatal growth is associated with adverse neurocognitive outcomes; conversely, rapid postnatal growth is supposedly harmful for future development of metabolic diseases. CONCLUSION: In this systematic review, observational studies reported consistent positive associations between postnatal weight or head growth and neurocognitive outcomes; however, there was limited evidence from the few intervention studies. Evidence linking postnatal weight gain to later adiposity and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in preterm infants was also limited.
Source: Acta Paediatrica
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13128
Institutions: University of Cambridge, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University College London, Nestlé (Switzerland), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, International Life Sciences Institute Europe, Wellcome/MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Mead Johnson (United States), Utrecht University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,480
Awards: G1277089031, G2473961061, G3207356259, G393177772, G5605571342, G5702163051, Molecular mechanisms by which poor early growth links coronary artery disease, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, Nutrition, Development and Lifelong Health: Studies in European Populations, Child Growth and development, Long-term effects of early nutrition on later health
OpenAlex ID: W2126778875