The growth of low-birth-weight children |
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Authors: | Alison Elliman Elizabeth Bryan Anthony Elliman Jean Walker David Harvey |
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Institution: | Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, UK. |
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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. |
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Keywords: | Growth low birth weight parental height |
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