Determinants of Weight Gain during the First Two Years of Life--The GECKO Drenthe Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explain weight gain patterns in the first two years of life, we compared the predictive values of potential risk factors individually and within four different domains: prenatal, nutrition, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors.

Methods

In a Dutch population-based birth cohort, length and weight were measured in 2475 infants at 1, 6, 12 and 24 months. Factors that might influence weight gain (e.g. birth weight, parental BMI, breastfeeding, hours of sleep and maternal education) were retrieved from health care files and parental questionnaires. Factors were compared with linear regression to best explain differences in weight gain, defined as changes in Z-score of weight-for-age and weight-for-length over 1-6, 6-12 and 12-24 months. In a two-step approach, factors

SUBMITTER: Kupers LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4507980 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature