Associations of stunting in early childhood with cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood

Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França, Carolina Avila Vianna, Denise P Gigante, J Jaime Miranda, John S Yudkin, Bernardo Lessa Horta and Ken K Ong

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Early life stunting may have long-term effects on body composition, resulting in obesity-related comorbidities. We tested the hypothesis that individuals stunted in early childhood may be at higher cardiometabolic risk later in adulthood. 1753 men and 1781 women participating in the 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study had measurements of anthropometry, body composition, lipids, glucose, blood pressure, and other cardiometabolic traits at age 30 years. Early stunting was defined as height-for-age Z-score at age 2 years below -2 against the World Health Organization growth standards. Linear regression models were performed controlling for sex, maternal race/ethnicity, family income at birth, and birthweight. Analyses were stratified by sex when p-interaction

Date: 2018
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