Longitudinal analyses of childhood growth: evidence from Project Koshu.

ABSTRACT: Recently, it has been suggested that fetal and infant environments are associated with childhood and adulthood health status, specifically regarding presence of obesity and chronic diseases. This concept is known as the "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis." Thus, it is necessary to collect information about the fetal and infancy periods in order to examine the association between fetal and infancy exposures and later growth. Based on the DOHaD hypothesis, childhood growth trajectories, which were described by multilevel analysis, might be important in examining the effects of early-life environment on later-life health. The author and colleagues examined the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and fetal/childhood growth, specifically risk of ch

SUBMITTER: Suzuki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275431 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature