Analysis of Early-Life Growth and Age at Pubertal Onset in US Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Earlier pubertal onset may be associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, the extent to which growth in the first 5 years of life-an important developmental life stage that lays the foundation for later health outcomes-is associated with pubertal onset remains understudied.

Objective

To assess whether changes in weight, length or height, and body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) during the first 5 years of life are associated with earlier pubertal onset.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from 36 cohorts participating in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program from January 1, 1986, to December 31, 2015. Participant inclusion required a

SUBMITTER: Aris IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817204 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature