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Childhood body mass index trajectories: modeling, characterizing, pairwise correlations and socio-demographic predictors of trajectory characteristics

BACKGROUND: Modeling childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectories, versus estimating change in BMI between specific ages, may improve prediction of later body-size-related outcomes. Prior studies of BMI trajectories are limited by restricted age periods and insufficient use of trajectory information...

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Autores principales: Wen, Xiaozhong, Kleinman, Ken, Gillman, Matthew W, Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L, Taveras, Elsie M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22458308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-38