Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam
We investigated intergenerational associations of adolescent mothers’ and grandmothers’ anthropometrics and schooling with adolescent mothers’ offspring’s anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. We examined birthweight (n=283), birthweight z-score (BWZ), conditional growth in weight-f...
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| description | We investigated intergenerational associations of adolescent mothers’ and grandmothers’ anthropometrics and schooling with adolescent mothers’ offspring’s anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. We examined birthweight (n=283), birthweight z-score (BWZ), conditional growth in weight-for-age-z-score (cWAZ, residuals from a regression of WAZ at last survey round on BWZ, sex, and age), and HAZ of children born to Older Cohort adolescent girls of the Young Lives Study. Our key independent variables were adolescent mothers’ body size: height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) and body-mass-index-for-age z-scores (BMIZ) at age 8, conditional HAZ (cHAZ, residuals from a regression of HAZ at the end of a growth period on prior HAZ, age, sex), conditional BMIZ growth (cBMIZ, calculated analogously), and grandmaternal BMIZ, HAZ, and schooling. We adjusted for child, maternal, and household characteristics. Adolescent mothers’ cHAZ (ages 8-15) predicted birthweight (β=130g, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) [31 - 228]), BWZ (β=0.31 CI [0.09 - 0.53], and cWAZ, (β=0.28, CI [0.04 - 0.51]). Adolescent mothers’ BMIZ at age 8 predicted birthweight (β=79g, CI [16 - 43]) and BWZ (β=0.22, CI [0.08 - 0.36]). Adolescent mothers’ cBMIZ (ages 12-15) predicted child cWAZ and HAZ. Grandmothers’ schooling predicted grandchild birthweight (β=22g, CI [1 - 44]) and BWZ (β=0.05, CI [0.01 - 0.10]). |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4871fc82-6bef-454a-99df-7d4e31a567382022-03-26T15:25:59ZAdolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and VietnamJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4871fc82-6bef-454a-99df-7d4e31a56738Symplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2017Schott, WAurino, EPenny, MEBehrman, JRWe investigated intergenerational associations of adolescent mothers’ and grandmothers’ anthropometrics and schooling with adolescent mothers’ offspring’s anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. We examined birthweight (n=283), birthweight z-score (BWZ), conditional growth in weight-for-age-z-score (cWAZ, residuals from a regression of WAZ at last survey round on BWZ, sex, and age), and HAZ of children born to Older Cohort adolescent girls of the Young Lives Study. Our key independent variables were adolescent mothers’ body size: height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) and body-mass-index-for-age z-scores (BMIZ) at age 8, conditional HAZ (cHAZ, residuals from a regression of HAZ at the end of a growth period on prior HAZ, age, sex), conditional BMIZ growth (cBMIZ, calculated analogously), and grandmaternal BMIZ, HAZ, and schooling. We adjusted for child, maternal, and household characteristics. Adolescent mothers’ cHAZ (ages 8-15) predicted birthweight (β=130g, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) [31 - 228]), BWZ (β=0.31 CI [0.09 - 0.53], and cWAZ, (β=0.28, CI [0.04 - 0.51]). Adolescent mothers’ BMIZ at age 8 predicted birthweight (β=79g, CI [16 - 43]) and BWZ (β=0.22, CI [0.08 - 0.36]). Adolescent mothers’ cBMIZ (ages 12-15) predicted child cWAZ and HAZ. Grandmothers’ schooling predicted grandchild birthweight (β=22g, CI [1 - 44]) and BWZ (β=0.05, CI [0.01 - 0.10]). |
| spellingShingle | Schott, W Aurino, E Penny, ME Behrman, JR Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam |
| title | Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam |
| title_full | Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam |
| title_short | Adolescent mothers’ anthropometrics and grandmothers’ schooling predict infant anthropometrics in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam |
| title_sort | adolescent mothers anthropometrics and grandmothers schooling predict infant anthropometrics in ethiopia india peru and vietnam |
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