LIFE-COURSE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT TRAJECTORIES IN MEXICAN CHILDREN

Background and objectives: Growth during infancy is important for future health and overall well-being and rapid weight gain during childhood has been associated with adverse health effects in adulthood. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) identifies heterogeneity of growth patterns in cohort subgro...

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Published in:Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2017-10, Vol.71 (Suppl. 2), p.589
Main Authors: Barrios, Pamela L, Rivera, Juan, Garcia-Feregrino, Raquel, Barraza-Villarreal, Albino, Romieu, Isabelle, GonzalezCasanova, Ines, Stein, Aryeh, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Hoffman, Daniel J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth
Body height
Children
Children & youth
Clinical trials
Correlation analysis
Entropy
Girls
Growth patterns
Health risks
Height
Heterogeneity
Offspring
Prenatal experience
Separation
Sex
Subgroups
Supplements
Trajectories
Weight
Well being
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Summary:Background and objectives: Growth during infancy is important for future health and overall well-being and rapid weight gain during childhood has been associated with adverse health effects in adulthood. Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) identifies heterogeneity of growth patterns in cohort subgroups whereas other modeling techniques assume a single underlying trajectory per population. In LCGA, similar individuals are grouped together on the basis of their growth characteristics. The aim of this study was to derive height and weight growth trajectories from birth to 5 years of age in Mexican children. Methods: Study participants were a sub-sample that participated in the 8-10 y follow-up of the POSGRAD study, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial designed to assess the effect of prenatal supplementation with DHA on offspring growth and development (281 boys, 255 girls). Sex-specific height and weight latent class trajectories were derived from 11 measures of height and weight from birth to 5 years of age. Analyses were conducted by using MPlus version 7.3 (Muthen &Muthen). Tests of class membership association between the latent classes formed by sex were carried out using Pearson's Chi Squared in STATA 14 and p
ISSN:0250-6807
1421-9697
DOI:10.1159/000480486