Healthy living practices in families and child health: 5-year follow-up of Taiwan Birth Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We have previously developed the Child Healthy Living Practices in Family (CHLPF) Index and found that the CHLPF Index was concurrently associated with the health of children at age 3. In this follow-up study, we aimed to examine whether healthy living practices in family at age 3 predicted health of children at school age.

Design and setting

Data came from the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study designed to assess the development and health of 24 200 children born in 2005.

Participants

A total of 18 553 cohort members whose mothers or primary caregivers had completed 6-month, 3-year, 5-year and 8-year surveys were included for analysis, representing a response rate of 87.3%.

Outcome measures

A multiple logistic regression model was used to test the relationsh

SUBMITTER: Lin YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375422 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature