Are early childhood stunting and catch-up growth associated with school age cognition?-Evidence from an Indian birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Millions of children worldwide especially in the Asian subcontinent are vulnerable to early childhood stunting. There are contradictory reports of the association between catch-up growth in childhood and school age cognition.

Methods

A community-based birth cohort recruited between 2010 and 2012 from urban slums in Vellore, India was followed up until 9 years of age. From regular anthropometric measurements, stunting status for each individual child was calculated at 2, 5 and 9 years. Cognition was assessed at 9 years of age using the Malin's Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC). Children were divided into groups based on stunting at each time point as well as catch-up growth, and a regression model was utilised to evaluate their association with cogniti

SUBMITTER: Koshy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8890627 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature