Analysis of heterogeneous growth changes in longitudinal height of children.

Autor: Wake SK; College of Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. senahara2004@gmail.com.; College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia. senahara2004@gmail.com., Zewotir T; School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Muluneh EK; School of Public Health, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of health, population, and nutrition [J Health Popul Nutr] 2023 Aug 08; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 78. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s41043-023-00425-y
Abstrakt: Background: There have been methodologies developed for a wide range of longitudinal data types; nevertheless, the conventional growth study is restricted if individuals in the sample have heterogeneous growth trajectories across time. Using growth mixture modeling approaches, we aimed to investigate group-level heterogeneities in the growth trajectories of children aged 1 to 15 years.
Method: This longitudinal study examined group-level growth heterogeneities in a sample of 3401 males and 3200 females. Data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling approaches.
Results: We examined different trajectories of growth change in children across four low- and middle-income countries using a data-driven growth mixture modeling technique. The study identified two-group trajectories: the most male samples group (n = 4260, 69.7%) and the most female samples group (n = 2341, 81.6%). The findings show that the two groups had different growth trajectories. Gender and country differences were shown to be related to growth factors; however, the association varied depending on the trajectory group. In both latent groups, females tended to have lower growth factors (initial height and rate of growth) than their male counterparts. Compared with children from Ethiopia, children from Peru and Vietnam tended to exhibit faster growth in height over time: In contrast, children from India showed a lower rate of change in both latent groups than that of children from Ethiopia.
Conclusions: The height of children in four low- and middle-income countries showed heterogeneous changes over time with two different groups of growth trajectories.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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