en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Background:</em></strong></span> The aim of this study was to determine the growth status of very low birth infant at corrected age of two years.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Methods:</em></strong></span> This cross-sectional study was performed on all babies with birth weight &le;1500 gr without any congenital anomalies, genetic disturbance and chronic disease (e.g. cardiopulmonary insufficiency, cholestasis, malabsorption). They were called at corrected age 2 years, namely the calendar age by month + (40-gestational age by week). Their height, weight and head circumference were recorded and a nutritional check list was prepared. The values were entered into the WHO Standard Growth Curve Chart for male and female genders (CDC, November 2009) in the <10^th, 10-49^th, 50-89^th and &ge;90^th percentiles.<span dir="RTL"></span><br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Results:</em></strong> </span>Forty-three children with mean gestational age of 30.08&plusmn;3.23 weeks and mean birth weight of 1163.95&plusmn;240.77 g were studied. Thirteen cases (30.2%) in length, 10 cases (23.3%) in weight, 6 cases (14%) in head circumference and 17 cases (39.5%) in weight-for-height were below the 10^thpercentile. There was no significant difference between the sex, gestation age and the birth weight of these children below and above the 10^th percentile (P<0.05).<span dir="RTL"></span><br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Conclusions:</em></strong> </span>According to the findings of this study, about one-third of infants born &le;1500 grams were below 10^th percentile for height, and nearly a quarter of them were under10^th percentile for weight at corrected 2 years old. Therefore, their growth should be more accurately controlled by health care centers based on the growth curve in the first year and any problem case should be referred to specialized centers.</span></span></div> Growth, Premature, Preterm Infant, Very Low Birth Infant 353 357 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-47-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Zahra Akbarianrad Rad Zhr_akbarian@yahoo.com 10031947532846002719 10031947532846002719 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I. R. Iran Mahmoud Hajiahmadi hajiahmadi@yahoo.com 10031947532846002720 10031947532846002720 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I. R. Iran. Mobina Verich Kazemi rohanresearch88@gmail.com 10031947532846002721 10031947532846002721 No Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I. R. Iran. Zeynab Shafiapour CRDU.Rohan@mubabol.ac.ir 10031947532846002722 10031947532846002722 No Clinical Research Development Unite of Rouhani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I. R. Iran. Mohsen Haghshenas Mojaveri matia.mojaveri@yahoo.com 10031947532846002723 10031947532846002723 Yes Non-Communicable Pediatric Disease Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I. R. Iran