Growth in length and weight from birth to 2 years of a representative sample of Netherlands children (born in 1988–89) related to socioeconomic status and other background characteristics
| Autor: | S.P. Verloove-Vanhorick, J.H. Ruys, J.C. van Wieringen, S. van Buuren, W.P. Herngreen, J.D. Reerink |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Parents Aging Physiology Epidemiology Birth weight Growth Sampling Studies Cohort Studies Linear regression Ethnicity Genetics Birth Weight Humans Medicine Socioeconomic status Netherlands business.industry Data Collection Body Weight Smoking Age Factors Infant Newborn Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Regression analysis Anthropometry Body Height Parity Socioeconomic Factors El Niño Child Preschool Regression Analysis Female medicine.symptom business Weight gain Cohort study Demography |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Human Biology. 21:449-463 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5033 0301-4460 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03014469400003472 |
| Popis: | Of nearly 1900 live-born singletons, born from April 1988 to October 1989 inclusive, nine measurements of length and weight have been taken between the ages of 1 and 24 months. In the first part of the study, differences in attained length and weight at 1 and 2 years of age are analysed according to socioeconomic status (SES). Multiple regression analyses are used to investigate the association of SES and other background characteristics with length and weight. The second part focuses on the analysis of differences in linear length and weight gain in the first 2 years of life, using a two-step regression technique. At 1 and 2 years of age, differences in attained length and weight and in length and weight gain according to SES are small and not significant, except for the children of Mediterranean parents in the low-SES group, who are significantly heavier than children of all other groups and gain significantly more in weight compared to children of Dutch parents in the low-SES group. Of all the factors studied it appears that parental height, birthweight, parity and ethnic descent of the parents are associated with attained length and weight at 1 and 2 years of age. Of these factors, ethnic descent, however, is not associated with length gain. A small but statistically significant catch-up growth is found in children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy. |
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