Life course associations of height, weight, fatness, grip strength, and all-cause mortality for high socioeconomic status Guatemalans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to investigate the association between physical growth in preadult life with five outcomes at ages 64 to 76: weight, body mass index (BMI), estimated body fat percentage, hand grip strength, and mortality.

Methods

Super-imposition by translation and rotation (SITAR) growth curves of 40 484 Guatemalan individuals aged 3 to 19 years were modeled for the parameters of size, timing and intensity (peak growth velocity, eg, cm/year) of height, weight, BMI, and grip strength. Associations between the SITAR parameters and old age outcomes were tested using linear and binary logistic regression for a follow-up sample of high socioeconomic status (SES) Guatemalans, of whom 50 were aged 64 to 76 years at re-measurement and 45 died prior to the

SUBMITTER: Mansukoski L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6767560 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature