Association between early child development trajectories and adult cognitive function in a 50-year longitudinal study in Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few studies have used longitudinal data to study the development of cognition over the life course in low-income and middle-income countries. The objectives of this study were to assess predictors of cognitive development trajectories from 6 months through 7 years, and if these trajectories predicted adult cognitive function in a birth cohort from Guatemala.

Design

We analysed data from the INCAP Nutrition Supplementation Trial Longitudinal Study in Guatemala. Cognition was assessed at eight different time points between 6 months and 7 years. We derived childhood development trajectories using latent class growth analysis. We assessed predictors of the trajectories using ordinal logistic regression, and associations between childhood trajectories and adult non-ver

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez Casanova I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246364 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature