BMI trajectories and risk factors among 2-11-year-old children by their immigrant status: evidence from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) trajectories and their predictors in Australian children by their maternal immigrant status.

Methods

Data on 4142 children aged 2-3 years were drawn from the birth cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. BMI was calculated according to the International Obesity Task Force cut-off points. Immigrant status was determined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Index criteria. Latent class growth analysis estimated distinct BMI trajectories, and multinomial logistic regression analysis examined factors associated with these BMI trajectories.

Results

Two BMI groups and six BMI trajectories were identified. The stable trajectories gro

SUBMITTER: Zulfiqar T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615842 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature