Association between head circumference at two years and second and fifth year cognition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Head circumference (HC) measurement is routinely not performed in early childhood and there is conflicting information about its utility in literature. The current study analyses the association between HC at two years of age and cognition at two and five years of age.

Methods

A community based birth-cohort recruited between 2010 and 2012 was followed up till five years of age in an urban slum in Vellore, India. Children were recruited at birth after informed parental consent by consecutive sampling using eligibility criteria of healthy new-born, singleton pregnancy and family's availability in the study area during follow-up. HC measured at two years of age was used as the exposure variable to calculate association with cognition at both two and five years of age

SUBMITTER: Koshy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876785 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature