Associations between early body mass index trajectories and later metabolic risk factors in European children: the IDEFICS study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 513-525

  Börnhorst, Claudia ^a   Tilling, Kate ^b   Russo, Paola ^c   Kourides, Yannis ^d   Michels, Nathalie ^e   Molnár, Denés ^f   Rodríguez, Gerado ^g,h   Moreno, Luis A ^g   Krogh, Vittorio ⁱ   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a,j   Pigeot, Iris ^a,j  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Childhood BMI growth; Data reduction; IDEFICS study; Linear spline mixed effects model; Metabolic risk score

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84939839096     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-015-0080-z     Document Type: Article

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