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Z-score differences based on cross-sectional growth charts do not reflect the growth rate of very low birth weight infants
OBJECTIVE: To test whether the assessment of growth in very low birth weight infants during the hospital stay using z-score differences (Z(diff)) is confounded by gestational age (GA), birth weight percentiles (BW%ile), and length of the observation period (LOP). We hypothesize that Z(diff) calculat...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6504035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31063464 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216048 |