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Babies who are born small for their gestational age (SGA) tend to remain small as children. This study tracked SGA babies past their adolescent growth spurt and found that they are likely to become short adults as well.
Researchers in Israel identified 1758 apparently healthy term babies and used data from the army draft medical board to determine their height at age 17. The 30 SGA boys had an adjusted mean height of 169.9 cm, as compared with 175.4 cm for boys born of normal gestational size. The 34 SGA girls had an adjusted mean height of 159.4 cm, compared with 163.1 cm for girls born of normal size. Both differences were highly significant. The adjusted odds ratio for the risk of short stature was 4.13 for SGA boys and 3.32 for SGA girls…