Rate of weight gain in very-low birth weight Puerto Rican neonates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Small for gestational age neonates have a higher risk of growth delay. The purpose of the study is to determine if there are differences in their early weight gain patterns that persist after adjusting for confounding variables.

Methods

Two-hundred sixteen neonates born between 1999 and 2003 were included. The group for analysis was derived by matching all the SGA infants with AGA infants by sex, year of birth, and birth weight. The period of observation was from birth to date of discharge. Weight gain rate was defined as grams gained per kilogram of birth weight per day. Two sample T-test was used to determine the difference in growth rate between the groups. Simple regression was used to establish the effect of morbidities on weight gain rate.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Campos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2728354 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature