Mandy B Belfort1, Sara E Ramel2, Camilia R Martin3, Raina Fichorova4, Karl C K Kuban5, Timothy Heeren5, Rebecca C Fry6, T Michael O'Shea7. 1. Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: mbrown9@partners.org. 2. University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN. 3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. 4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. 5. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. 6. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. 7. Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of systemic inflammation with growth outcomes at neonatal intensive care unit discharge or transfer among infants with extremely low gestational ages. STUDY DESIGN: We studied 850 infants at born at 23-27 weeks of gestation. We defined inflammatory protein elevation as the highest quartile of C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor-∝, or IL-8 on postnatal days 1, 7, and 14. We compared z-scores of weight, length, and head circumference at neonatal intensive care unit discharge or transfer between infants with vs without inflammatory protein elevation, adjusting in linear regression for birth size z-score, sex, gestational age, diet, comorbidities, medications, and length of hospitalization. RESULTS: The mean gestational age was 25 weeks (range, 23-27 weeks) and birth weight z-score 0.14 (range, -2.73 to 3.28). Infants with a high CRP on day 7 had lower weights at discharge or transfer (-0.17 z-score; 95% CI, -0.27 to -0.06) than infants without CRP elevation, with similar results on day 14. Infants with CRP elevation on day 14 were also shorter (-0.21 length z-scores; 95% CI, -0.38 to -0.04), and had smaller head circumferences (-0.18 z-scores; 95% CI, -0.33 to -0.04) at discharge or transfer. IL-6 elevation on day 14 was associated with lower weight (-0.12; 95% CI, -0.22 to -0.02); IL-6 elevation on day 7 was associated with shorter length (-0.27; 95% CI, -0.43 to -0.12). Tumor necrosis factor-∝ and IL-8 elevation on day 14 were associated with a lower weight at discharge or transfer. CONCLUSIONS: Postnatal systemic inflammation may contribute to impaired nutrient accretion during a critical period in development in infants with extremely low gestational ages.
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of systemic inflammation with growth outcomes at neonatal intensive care unit discharge or transfer among infants with extremely low gestational ages. STUDY DESIGN: We studied 850 infants at born at 23-27 weeks of gestation. We defined inflammatory protein elevation as the highest quartile of C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor-∝, or IL-8 on postnatal days 1, 7, and 14. We compared z-scores of weight, length, and head circumference at neonatal intensive care unit discharge or transfer between infants with vs without inflammatory protein elevation, adjusting in linear regression for birth size z-score, sex, gestational age, diet, comorbidities, medications, and length of hospitalization. RESULTS: The mean gestational age was 25 weeks (range, 23-27 weeks) and birth weight z-score 0.14 (range, -2.73 to 3.28). Infants with a high CRP on day 7 had lower weights at discharge or transfer (-0.17 z-score; 95% CI, -0.27 to -0.06) than infants without CRP elevation, with similar results on day 14. Infants with CRP elevation on day 14 were also shorter (-0.21 length z-scores; 95% CI, -0.38 to -0.04), and had smaller head circumferences (-0.18 z-scores; 95% CI, -0.33 to -0.04) at discharge or transfer. IL-6 elevation on day 14 was associated with lower weight (-0.12; 95% CI, -0.22 to -0.02); IL-6 elevation on day 7 was associated with shorter length (-0.27; 95% CI, -0.43 to -0.12). Tumor necrosis factor-∝ and IL-8 elevation on day 14 were associated with a lower weight at discharge or transfer. CONCLUSIONS: Postnatal systemic inflammation may contribute to impaired nutrient accretion during a critical period in development in infants with extremely low gestational ages.
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