Ann Ashworth|Saul S. Morris|Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira
Postnatal Growth Patterns of Full-Term Low Birth Weight Infants in Northeast Brazil Are Related to Socioeconomic Status ,
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|University of London|Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
low birth weight many adverse consequences might ameliorated good postnatal compensatory catchup growth monitored growth morbidity feeding patterns cohort 133 fullterm low birth weight infants poor families pernambuco brazil investigated relative contributions number socioeconomic maternal infant variables postnatal growth growth measured 4 8 17 26 52 wk age differential growth patterns marked first 8 wk life gains zscore interval strongly associated attained zscores 12 months r 062 weight 064 length multivariate model socioeconomic variables explained 214 variation maximum gain weightforage zscore achieved 12month period maternal weight explained 44 infant birth length 47 neonatal illness 54 maximum gain lengthforage zscore socioeconomic variables accounted 244 variance maternal height 49 maternal smoking 33 neonatal illness 31 surmise early differential growth patterns set utero indirectly affected prenatally socioeconomic status