Hernandez MI, et al. - Researchers ascertained if early patterns of infancy anthropometry and metabolic hormonal profile differ in preterm infants born small for gestational age (SGA) or appropriate for gestational age (AGA) from birth to 36 months of corrected age (CA). This investigation was conducted on one hundred ten very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) preterm infants. They performed anthropometry and blood sampling for insulin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II, IGF-I, and leptin for up to 3 years. In VLBW preterm infants, being SGA was the strongest predictor of early recovery of height. They suggested that follow-up will allow us to determine whether the differences in the growth patterns of VLBW preterm infants by birth weight standard deviation scores (SDS) persist.