Early childhood growth trajectories in a Medicaid population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence on the role of early growth trajectories and later obesity risk is primarily based on privately insured or universally insured samples.

Objectives

We aimed to characterize and determine factors associated with early growth trajectories and estimate associations with overweight/obesity risk in a Medicaid-insured and uninsured cohort.

Methods

Infants seen at a large pediatric academic centre in 2010-2016 were included. Weight and length/height measurements were converted to age and sex-specific BMI z-scores (BMIz) based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Standards. Group-based trajectories were modelled using BMIz created groups. Logistic and log-binomial regression models estimated associations between membership in trajectories and mater

SUBMITTER: Khalsa AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357091 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature