Table 2.

Growth parameters of healthy late preterm infants from birth to term-corrected age^a

	At birth	At term-corrected age	Increment
PMA(week)	35.38 ± 0.75	40.84 ± 0.94	5.46 ± 0.89
Length(cm)	47.35 ± 2.18	52.92 ± 2.25	5.58 ± 2.05
LengthZ	0.26 ± 0.79	0.54 ± 0.91	0.28 ± 0.81
Weight(kg)	2.62 ± 0.42	4.04 ± 0.60	1.41 ± 0.43
WeightZ	− 0.07 ± 0.85	0.58 ± 1.00	0.65 ± 0.73

^aAbbreviations: PMA Postmenstrual age, LengthZ Z-score of length calculated by Fenton reference, WeightZ Z-score of weight calculated by Fenton reference