Associations of stunting at 2 years with body composition and blood pressure at 8 years of age: longitudinal cohort analysis from lowland Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stunting remains a very common form of child malnutrition worldwide, particularly in South Asian populations. There is poor understanding of how it develops and how it is associated with subsequent phenotype.

Subjects/methods

We used data from a longitudinal cohort of children (n = 841) in lowland Nepal to investigate associations of stunting at 2 years with maternal traits and early growth patterns, and with body size and composition, kidney dimensions by ultrasound, lung function by spirometry and blood pressure (BP) at 8 years.

Results

Compared to non-stunted children, children stunted at 2 years came from poorer families and had shorter, lighter mothers. They tended to have higher birth order, were born smaller, and remained shorter, lighter and thinner

SUBMITTER: Wells JCK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368558 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature