“…As in children and adults, IGFBP-3 is the principal carrier of IGF-I during late intrauterine life (11,12). Preterm infants have lower serum levels of IGF-I than term infants, and size at birth is correlated with the level of IGF-I in cord serum (7,13,14). Therefore, infants born SGA have lower IGF-I values than infants born AGA (5,10,13,(15)(16)(17).…”