Body Composition and "Catch-Up" Fat Growth in Healthy Small for Gestational Age Preterm Infants and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes.

To examine the growth and body composition of small for gestational age (SGA) and appropriate for gestational age (AGA) very low birth weight infants (VLBW) and their outpatient neurodevelopmental outcomes. From 2006-2012, VLBW infants ( = 57 of 92) admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) had serial air displacement plethysmography (ADP) scans and were followed as outpatients. Serial developmental testing (CAT/CLAMS, Peabody Gross Motor Scales) and anthropometrics were obtained from = 37 infants (29 AGA and 8 SGA) and analyzed via repeated measures analyses of variances.