Relationship between Neonatal Cerebral Fuels and Neurosensory Outcomes at 3 Years in Well Babies: Follow-Up of the Glucose in Well Babies (GLOW) Study
NEONATOLOGY(2024)
Abstract
Introduction: We sought to investigate if the availability of cerebral fuels soon after birth in healthy term babies was associated with developmental progress at 3 years of age. Methods: Healthy term babies had plasma glucose, lactate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations measured over the first 5 days. At 3 years, parents completed Ages and Stages (ASQ-3) questionnaires between December 2018 and August 2022. Developmental progress, analysed using structural equation modelling, was compared between children whose median fuel concentrations were above and below the mean neonatal concentrations of glucose (3.3 mmol/L) and total ATP-equivalents (140 mmol/L) in the first 48 h and over the first 5 days. Results: Sixty-four (96%) families returned completed questionnaires. We found no differences between developmental progress in children who had median neonatal plasma glucose concentrations <3.3 or >= 3.3 mmol/L in the first 48 h (estimated mean difference in ASQ scores -1.0, 95% confidence interval: -5.8, 3.7, p = 0.66) or 120 h (-3.7, -12.0, 4.6, p = 0.39]). There were also no differences for any other measures of cerebral fuels including total ATP above and below the median over 48 and 120 h, any plasma or interstitial glucose concentration <2.6 mmol/L, or cumulative duration of interstitial glucose concentration <2.6 mmol/L. Conclusions: There was no detectable relationship between plasma concentrations of glucose, lactate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate soon after birth in healthy term babies and developmental progress at 3 years of age.
MoreTranslated text
Key words
Neonatal hypoglycaemia,Alternative cerebral fuels,Ages and Stages questionnaire,Developmental assessment,Preschool
AI Read Science
Must-Reading Tree
Example
![](https://originalfileserver.aminer.cn/sys/aminer/pubs/mrt_preview.jpeg)
Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper
Chat Paper
Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined