Associations Between Delivery Mode and Early Childhood Body Mass Index Z-Score Trajectories: A Retrospective Analysis of 2,685 Children From Mothers Aged 18 to 35 Years at Delivery

Associations Between Delivery Mode and Early Childhood Body Mass Index Z-Score Trajectories: A Retrospective Analysis of 2,685 Children From Mothers Aged 18 to 35 Years at Delivery

Objective: To investigate the association between cesarean delivery (CD) and trajectory patterns of age- and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) z-score in early childhood.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 2,685 children whose maternal age at the time of birth was between 18 a...

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Main Authors: Lihong Zhang, Liuxia Huang, Zhiyuan Zhao, Renjuan Ding, Hongnian Liu, Wenchao Qu, Xiao Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
delivery mode
cesarean delivery
childhood
body mass index
growth trajectory
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.598016/full

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