The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 486-491, April 2009

Use of a Body Proportionality Index for Growth Assessment of Preterm Infants

  • Irene E. Olsen, PhD, RD, LDN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Irene E. Olsen, PhD, RD, LDN, Drexel University, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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  • M. Louise Lawson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
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  • Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • ,
  • Amy L. Sapsford, RD

      Affiliations

    • Regional Center for Newborn Intensive Care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Kurt R. Schibler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Edward F. Donovan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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  • Ardythe L. Morrow, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

Received 28 September 2006; received in revised form 12 September 2008; accepted 7 October 2008. published online 28 November 2008.

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 Supported in part by National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Cooperative Multicenter Neonatal Research Network Grant U10 HD27853. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.

 No reprints are available from the authors.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00880-9

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.012

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The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 486-491, April 2009

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