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Ok. What is average height of your family? I read that if the small for gestational age babies got taller and bigger when adults, the risk factors would come out. If they remain small throughout life. Then no problem. In China. Average height could be 5'4". Are you 5" or 5'4" Very variable...

Full term, but none of the chronic problems. Also not the result of famine or malnutrition or maternal illness. Just born a lot smaller than average for unknown reasons. Which is why I said that the reason for the low birth weight have to be considered before you can make any predictions...

My father, who was a healthy 6-foot tall adult, US Navy in WWII, and died at 85. None of those chronic health problems. Me, currently over 70 and obviously still alive. Above average height for a woman, nothing chronic like the article lists. A niece, currently late 30s, still very petite but...