Growth patterns of low birth weight preterm infants: A longitudinal analysis of a large, varied sample Patrick H. C a s e y , MD, H e l e n a C. K r a e m e r , PhD, J u d y B e r n b a u m , MD, Jon E. Tyson, MD, J. C l i f f o r d Sells, MD, M i c h a e l W. Y o g m a n , MD, a n d C h a r l e s R. Bauer, MD From the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia; University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas; University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

To obtain growth data on a large sample of low birth weight preterm infants, we monitored 608 infants longitudinally in an eight-site collaborative program. Ninety-nine infants weighed 2001 gm. 1251 gm.