Body mass index trajectories in the first two years and subsequent childhood cardio-metabolic outcomes: a prospective multi-ethnic Asian cohort study

Abstract We investigated body mass index (BMI) trajectories in the first 2 years of life in 1170 children from an Asian mother-offspring cohort in Singapore, and examined their predictors and associations with childhood cardio-metabolic risk measures at 5 years. Latent class growth mixture modelling...

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Main Authors: Izzuddin M. Aris, Ling-Wei Chen, Mya Thway Tint, Wei Wei Pang, Shu E. Soh, Seang-Mei Saw, Lynette Pei-Chi Shek, Kok-Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Yap-Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Keith M. Godfrey, Michael S. Kramer, Yung Seng Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09046-y