Comorbidities in childhood associated with extrauterine growth restriction in preterm infants: a scoping review

Conclusion: EUGR is mainly associated with poor growth and neurodevelopment, as well as with cardiometabolic alterations in childhood. Evidence is based on observational studies with variability in the included populations due to the lack of consensus regarding the definition for EUGR. Finding a gold standard definition becomes paramount in order to select phenotypes at risk later in life.What is known?• EUGR is a frequent condition of preterm infants. Up to date little is known about the effect of the metabolic programming on prognosis.What is new?• The available evidence, which is based on observational studies with variability in the population and the existing different definitions for EUGR, do not enable appropriate data collection. EUGR is mainly associated with poor growth and neurodevelopment, as well as with cardiometabolic alterati ons in childhood.
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research