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World J Clin Pediatr. Jun 9, 2026; 15(2): 115027
Published online Jun 9, 2026. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v15.i2.115027
Published online Jun 9, 2026. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v15.i2.115027
Table 2 Cognitive outcome trends in small for gestational age/fetal growth restriction
| Ref. | Population | Age at assessment | Cognitive impairment | Sensorial impairment | Social/behavioural impairment | |
| Preterm | Lach et al[17] | SGA | 1 year | 3 | ||
| Della Gatta et al[32] | Early-onset-FGR | 1-2 years | 1 | 3 | ||
| Murki et al[15] | SGA | 1-1.5 year | 1 | |||
| Cho et al[16] | SGA | 1.5-2 years | 1 | |||
| Bae et al[19] | SGA cov | 1.5-2 years | 1 | |||
| Lim et al[18] | Birth weight | 2 years | 3 | 3 | ||
| Palazzo et al[20] | SGA | 2 years | 1 | |||
| Sacchi et al[29] | FGR | 2 years | 1 | |||
| Morsing et al[31] | FGR | 2 years | 1 | 1 | ||
| Delorme et al[33] | FGR | 2 years | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gardella et al[30] | FGR | 2 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Suenaga et al[21] | SGA | 3 years | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yoneda et al[23] | SGA cov | < 3 years | 2 | |||
| Hubert et al[22] | SGA | 4 years | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Uberos et al[34] | SGA-FGR | 4 years | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Athalye-Jape et al[24] | SGA | 5 years | 3 | 1 | ||
| Doyle et al[25] | SGA | 8 years | 1 | |||
| Weider et al[26] | SGA | 26 years | 1 | 1 | ||
| Term | Chen et al[35] | SGA | 0.5 years | |||
| Lucaccioni et al[43] | LO-FGR | 2 years | 1 | |||
| Naz et al[27] | SGA | 2-4 years | 3 | 3 | ||
| Zhang et al[36] | SGA | 4 years | ||||
| Richter et al[44] | 4FGR | 4 years | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tamai et al[37] | SGA | 2.5-5.5 years | ||||
| Chen et al[45] | 4FGR/4SGA cov | 5-6 years | 1 | |||
| Ferguson et al[39] | SGA | 6 years | 1 | |||
| Olga et al[46] | LO-FGR | 5-7 years | 1 | |||
| Reichman et al[40] | SGA | 9 years | 1 | |||
| Nguyen et al[41] | SGA | 6-11 years | 1 | |||
| Burger et al[42] | Birth weight | 12 years | 1 | |||
| Eves et al[28] | 4SGA | 5 months - 26 years | 1 | |||
| Weider et al[26] | SGA | 26 years | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cortese et al[38] | Birth weight | 0-47 years | 1 | 1 |
- Citation: Ventura GC, Ryan H, Yu HN, Chand KK, Colditz PB, Wixey JA. Lifelong cognitive and motor outcomes after being born small for gestational age or with fetal growth restriction. World J Clin Pediatr 2026; 15(2): 115027
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2808/full/v15/i2/115027.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5409/wjcp.v15.i2.115027