Newborn length predicts early infant linear growth retardation and disproportionately high weight gain in a low-income population

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 967-972

  Berngard, Samuel Clark ^a   Berngard, Jennifer Bishop ^a   Krebs, Nancy F ^a   Garcés, Ana ^b   Miller, Leland V ^a   Westcott, Jamie ^a   Wright, Linda L ^c   Kindem, Mark ^d   Hambidge, K Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b IMSALUD   (Guatemala)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Infant growth; Linear growth; Predictors of infant growth

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; STUNTING; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROUP; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION GROUPS; POVERTY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84887605997     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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