Nonlinear relationship between early postnatal weight gain velocity and neurodevelopmental outcomes in very-low birth weight preterm infants: A secondary analysis based on a published prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Zhongchen Luo (Author), Beibei You (Author), You Zhang (Author), Jiao Tang (Author), Zehong Zheng (Author), Yuling Jia (Author), Li Wang (Author), Dan Zeng (Author), Hong Li (Author), Xiuhong Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundExtrauterine growth restriction among the very-low birth weight preterm infants (VLBWPIs) is associated with poorer cognitive development outcome, while the rapid weight gain in infancy increases the long-term risk of obesity and noncommunicable disease among VLBWPIs. However, the results...