Premium
The Effect of Intrauterine Malnutrition on the Term Infant
Author(s) -
HILL R. M.,
VERNIAUD W. M.,
DETER R.L.,
TENNYSON L. M.,
RETTIG G. M.,
ZION T. E.,
VORDERMAN A. L.,
HELMS P. G.,
McCULLEY L. B.,
HILL L. L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1984.tb09959.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , pediatrics , malnutrition , population , low birth weight , obstetrics , pregnancy , environmental health , mathematics , biology , genetics , statistics
The developmental outcome of 33 newborn infants with clinical intrauterine malnutrition at birth and 13 clinically well nourished infants from a middle to high socio‐economic population have been followed from birth to 12–14 years of age. Psychometric studies revealed a lowering of the IQ score in malnourished infants compared to well nourished infants (104 ± 15 compared to 121 ± 13, p < 0.05) and a need for special education ( p < 0.03). Forty‐five percent of the malnourished infants’birth weights were above the 10th percentile on the Colorado Intrauterine Growth Grid. The Full Scale IQ of malnourished infants with BW greater and less than 10th percentile on the Colorado Intrauterine Growth Grid were comparable. Malnourished infants with birth weights > 10th percentile had lower IQ scores than well nourished infants (101 ± 13 compared to 121 ± 13, p < 0.006). Thirty‐nine percent of the infants with handicaps would have been missed if only infants with birth weights < 10th percentile were considered high risk.