Early childhood growth trajectory and later cognitive ability: evidence from a large prospective birth cohort of healthy term-born children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies of associations between child growth and cognitive ability were based on size at one or two ages and a single measure of cognition. We aimed to characterize different aspects of early growth and their associations with cognitive outcomes in childhood through adolescence.

Methods

In a sample of 12 368 Belarusian children born at term, we examined associations of length/height and weight trajectories over the first 6.5 years of life with cognitive ability at 6.5 and 16 years and its change over time. We estimated growth trajectories using two random-effects models-the SuperImposition by Translation and Rotation to model overall patterns of growth and the Jenss-Bayley to distinguish growth in infancy from post infancy. Cognitive ability was measured usin

SUBMITTER: Ahmed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature