To investigate the relationship between early-life growth and ocular development outcomes in high-risk infants.
Analysis of growth trajectories during early childhood in high-risk infants
Assessment of visual acuity and refractive outcomes
Accelerated early-life growth linked to less favorable visual acuity outcomes
Less favorable refractive outcomes associated with early growth acceleration
Abstract
Accelerated early-life growth was linked to less favorable visual acuity and refractive outcomes, highlighting the first postnatal year as a critical period for coordinated systemic and ocular development.