ea0030p42 | (1) | BSPED2012
Sardar Colette Montgomery
, Kinmond Sheena
, Siddique Jamila
, McGowan Sheena
, Paterson Wendy
, Donnelly Sharon
, Gault Emma Jane
, Donaldson Malcolm
Background: Small for gestational age (SGA) and short stature at birth can be defined as birth weight (BW) and birth length (BL) ≤−2 S.D.. Affected neonates can be classified as: i) SGA, ii) Short, iii) SGA + Short. Catch-up growth occurs by age 6 months in 9095% of Short and SGA + Short infants. A minority remain short after age 24 years when the lack of data on BL and parental height (PH) renders assessment difficult.<p class="abste...