Childhood brain morphometry in children with persistent stunting and catch-up growth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early childhood stunting affects around 150 million young children worldwide and leads to suboptimal human potential in later life. However, there is limited data on the effects of early childhood stunting and catch-up growth on brain morphometry.

Methods

We evaluated childhood brain volumes at nine years of age in a community-based birth-cohort follow-up study in Vellore, south India among four groups based on anthropometric assessments at two, five, and nine years namely 'Never Stunted' (NS), 'Stunted at two years and caught up by five years' (S2N5), 'Stunted at two and five years and caught up by nine years' (S2N9), and 'Always Stunted' (AS). T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images were acquired using a 3T MRI scanner, and brain volumes were quantif

SUBMITTER: Koshy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11813088 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature