Table 5.

Anthropometric measures at birth, at 12 and at 24 months of age in preterm and term born babies

Parameter	Preterm	Term	P value
Birth (median, IQR),
Weight, g	1.810(1105, 2240)	2.550(2225, 2915)	0.002
Length,cm	43.0(37.0, 46.0)	48.0(46.0, 50.0)	0.006
Head circumference, cm	31.0(27, 32.5)	33(32.0, 34.0)	0.011
12 months (median, IQR),
weight, g	8760(7670, 9570)	9180(9090, 9992)	0.704
length, cm	74.0(72.0, 75.5)	74.1(73.3, 76.3)	0.71
Head circumference, cm	46.0(45.0, 46.7)	46.0(46.0, 49.0)	0.365
24 months, (median, IQR)
weight, g	11.800(10.950, 13.250)	11.900 (11.600, 12.900)	0.769
length, cm	84.0(83.0, 87.7)	86.0(84.5, 88.3)	0.308
Head circumference, cm	48.2 (47.5, 49.5)	49.5(48.5, 49.7)	0.410

Preterm less than 37 gestational weeks, Term ≥37 gestational weeks until 42 gestational weeks. Values are presented as median and interquartile range