Open AccessRacial differences in crossing major growth percentiles in infancy
Author(s) -
Summer Sherburne Hawkins,
Sheryl L. RifasShiman,
Matthew W. Gillman,
Elsie M. Taveras
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
archives of disease in childhood
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.037
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1468-2044
pISSN - 0003-9888
DOI - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311238
Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , obesity , demography , body mass index , logistic regression , odds ratio , odds , race (biology) , white (mutation) , pediatrics , statistics , biochemistry , botany , mathematics , chemistry , sociology , gene , biology
We examined associations of ever crossing upwards ≥2 (vs <2) major weight-for-length (WFL) percentiles in the first 24 months with obesity at 5 years among white and black children.