Association of perinatal factors and obesity in 6- to 8-year-old Chilean children
Author(s) -
Francisco Mardones,
Luís Villarroel,
Lorena Karzulovic,
Salesa Barja,
Pilar Arnaíz,
Marcela Taibo,
Francisco Mardones-Restat
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn133
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , demography , odds ratio , pediatrics , logistic regression , birth weight , percentile , contingency table , body mass index , childhood obesity , cohort , overweight , pregnancy , sociology , statistics , mathematics , biology , genetics
It has been reported in Chile that obesity figures in children of 6- to 8-years-old are associated with height for age. We studied the possible influence of perinatal variables on obesity at 6- to 8-years-old controlling for height for age.
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