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There is considerable evidence that early growth failure has adverse effects on long term neurodevelopment in children which often persists into adulthood.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n METHODS:<\/jats:title>\n This is a single-center cross-sectional study on live newborn infants with birth weight ranges from 500 to 1500 grams (VLBW) and gestational age (GA) between 24\u201332 weeks who were admitted to NICU at KAMC-Jeddah over a 5 year period (2009\u20132013). This study aims to evaluate predischarge growth pattern of VLBW infants in terms of weight, head circumference (HC) and length and to identify important variables that have influenced such growth pattern.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n \n Of the 135 infants included in the final analysis, 68 (50.4%) were male and 67 (49.6%) were female and the mean gestational age was 28.83\u00b12.064 weeks and the mean birth weight 1166.74\u00b1256 grams. Ninety-two infants (68%) had discharge weight at \u226410\n th<\/jats:sup>\n percentile and forty four (32%) had their weight >10th percentile. HC was the lowest affected among the anthropometric measurements with 42% \u226410\n th<\/jats:sup>\n percentile. In terms of linear growth, 62% had their length \u226410\n th<\/jats:sup>\n percentile. Amongst infants born \u2264750 grams, 71% and 70% had HC and height at \u226410\n th<\/jats:sup>\n percentile respectively, at the time of discharge. BPD was significantly associated with EUGR ( p\u200a=\u200a0.026).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n \n This study demonstrates that almost 2\/3\n rd<\/jats:sup>\n of VLBW infants born at KAMC-Jeddah with birth weight \u2264750 grams were discharged home with EUGR as demonstrated by their weight, length, and HC \u226410th percentile. 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