Open AccessBody Composition Changes from Infancy to 4 Years and Associations with Early Childhood Cognition in Preterm and Full-Term Children
Author(s) -
Johannah M. Scheurer,
Lei Zhang,
Erin A. Plummer,
Solveig Hultgren,
Ellen W. Demerath,
Sara E. Ramel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000487915
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , cognition , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , cohort , anthropometry , pregnancy , biology , genetics , psychiatry
Infants born prematurely are at risk for neurodevelopmental complications. Early growth is associated with improved later cognition. The relationship of early proportionality and body composition with later cognition is not well established.
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