Ounsted M, Moar V A, Scott A
Early Hum Dev. 1984 Apr;9(3):259-68. doi: 10.1016/0378-3782(84)90036-7.
Associations were sought between somatic measures and developmental status at 4 years among groups of children who had been small-for-dates (SFD), average-for-dates (AFD) and large-for-dates (LFD) at birth. When the three groups were combined, and adjustment made for sex, social class and series, a significant correlation was found between head circumference and total scores. Within the SFD and AFD groups no correlations were found between any somatic measures and aspects of development; and the only significant finding in the LFD group was a negative correlation between weight-for-height and total developmental scores. The somatic measures were then divided into three subgroups comprising children who had small, average, and large values for that measure, and developmental scores for each subgroup were computed. Within all three birthweight groups significant differences were found for head circumference: those with relatively small heads having lower scores than the rest.
在出生时为小于胎龄儿（SFD）、适于胎龄儿（AFD）和大于胎龄儿（LFD）的儿童组中，研究了4岁时身体测量指标与发育状况之间的关联。将这三组儿童合并，并对性别、社会阶层和系列进行调整后，发现头围与总分之间存在显著相关性。在SFD组和AFD组中，未发现任何身体测量指标与发育方面存在相关性；而在LFD组中，唯一显著的发现是身高体重比与总发育得分之间存在负相关。然后将身体测量指标分为三个亚组，分别包括该测量值较小、中等和较大的儿童，并计算每个亚组的发育得分。在所有三个出生体重组中，头围均存在显著差异：头围相对较小的儿童得分低于其他儿童。
