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. 1998 Jan:52 Suppl 1:S43-52; discussion S52-3.

Intrauterine growth retardation, body size, body composition and physical performance in adolescence

R Martorell  1 , U Ramakrishnan, D G Schroeder, P Melgar, L Neufeld
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Intrauterine growth retardation, body size, body composition and physical performance in adolescence

R Martorell et al. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

Studies about effects of IUGR on growth in childhood as well as on body size, body composition and physical performance in adolescence and adulthood are reviewed. The review is based on 12 studies that distinguished IUGR from other types of low birthweight and compared outcomes of IUGR cases with those of non-IUGR controls. This information is complemented by results of a follow-up study of IUGR cases and controls carried out in Guatemalan adolescents and young adults. In Guatemala as well as in other countries, IUGR newborns showed partial catch-up growth during the first one or two years of life, and then maintained their achieved place in the growth distribution. Guatemalan IUGR cases were shorter, lighter and weaker than non-IUGR controls as adolescents and young adults. The differences in adult body size observed in Guatemala between cases and controls are similar to those found in more affluent countries (i.e. about 5 cm in height and 5 kg in weight).

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