Maternal Height and Child Growth Patterns

Objective To examine associations between maternal height and child growth during 4 developmental periods: intrauterine, birth to age 2 years, age 2 years to mid-childhood (MC), and MC to adulthood. Study design Pooled analysis of maternal height and offspring growth using 7630 mother–child pairs fr...

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Published in:	The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 163; no. 2; pp. 549 - 554.e1
Main Authors:	Addo, O. Yaw, PhD, Stein, Aryeh D., PhD, Fall, Caroline H., DM, Gigante, Denise P., PhD, Guntupalli, Aravinda M., PhD, Horta, Bernardo L., PhD, Kuzawa, Christopher W., PhD, Lee, Nanette, PhD, Norris, Shane A., PhD, Prabhakaran, Poornima, MBBS, Richter, Linda M., PhD, Sachdev, Harshpal S., MD, Martorell, Reynaldo, PhD
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-08-2013 Mosby, Inc Mosby
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult adulthood adults birth weight Body Height Child child growth Child, Preschool children Female Fetal Development Growth household income Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Mothers Original Pediatrics Prospective Studies regression analysis Young Adult Brazil Guatemala South Africa Philippines India HAZ SES Prevalence ratio PR Socioeconomic status Multiple imputations LMICs Height-for-age z-scores COHORTS Mid-childhood Low- and middle-income countries MC Consortium on Health Orientated Research in Transitional Societies MI
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