Table 2. Growth outcomes of the sample of moderately and late preterm children, presented as raw scores and z-scores.

		raw score, mean (SD)	z-score, mean (SD)
Height (cm)	0 yr	45.2 (3.3)	-0.270 (2.1)
	1 yr	74.1 (2.6)	-0.443 (1.4)
	4 yr	103.7 (4.0)	-0.123 (1.0)
	7 yr	124.8 (5.4)	-0.212 (1.0)
Height gain (cm)	0–1 yr	29.0 (3.2)	-0.110 (2.0)
	1–4 yr	29.5 (2.9)	0.380 (0.7)
	4–7 yr	21.1 (2.7)	-0.080 (0.5)
Weight (kg)	0 yr	2.2 (0.5)	0.105 (1.0)
	1 yr	9.4 (1.1)	-0.387 (1.4)
	4 yr	16.6 (2.3)	-0.203 (1.0)
	7 yr	24.4 (4.8)	-0.116 (1.3)
Weight gain (kg)	0–1 yr	7.1 (0.9)	-0.560 (1.0)
	1–4 yr	7.3 (1.9)	0.210 (0.8)
	4–7 yr	7.8 (2.9)	0.100 (0.7)
HC (cm)	0 yr	31.4 (1.8)	-0.190 (1.1)
	1 yr	46.5 (1.4)	-0.044 (0.9)
HC gain (cm)	0–1 yr	14.9 (1.7)	0.040 (1.0)