Fetal growth restriction: relation to growth and obesity at the age of 9 years.

Objective: To assess growth patterns of 9-year-old children, some of whom had intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).

Method: 75 9-year-old children (41 were IUGR infants) were weighed and measured at birth, at 1 year, at 2 years and at 9 years of age. Using general linear models for continuous data, changes in weight z scores were used to quantify growth rate between birth and 9 years of age.