Evaluation of the physical and intellectual development of infants with late-onset fetal growth restriction
TAI Wen
DING Hongjuan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the physical and intellectual development of infants with late-onset fetal growth restriction (FGR).Methods Totally 100 infants with late-onset FGR admitted to the Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital from 2011 and 2013 were selected for study (Group A),and 100 infants with normal birth weight were randomly selected as the control group.The birth weight of infants with FGR in Group A was below the 5th percentile for gestational age while Group B ranged between the 5th percentile and the 10th percentile.The body weight,height and head circumference of infants at birth,and 3,6,9,12 and 18 months after birth were retrospectively analyzed,and the intelligence conditions of the infants were also assessed by Gesell method.Results The physical development and development quotient (DQ) of infants with FGR significantly declined compared to the control group (P＜0.05).The physical development of infants in Group A and Group B differed significantly (P＜0.05),but this difference decreased gradually by the increase of months (P＜0.05).PA catch-up growth was observed in the physical development of FGR group.Conclusion There are significant differences in the physical and intelligence development between the FGR infants and infants with normal birth weight and the catch-up phenomenon is observed in FGR group.The health surveillance with timely interention for infants with FGR should be recommended.
Keywords：fetal growth restrictionphysical developmentintelligence developmentcatch-up growthhealth surveillance
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 599-604 )