Growth patterns in early childhood: Better trajectories in Afro-Ecuadorians independent of sex and socioeconomic factors

dc.creatorMatos, Sheila Maria Alvim
dc.creatorAmorim, Leila D.
dc.creatorCampos, Ana Clara Paixão
dc.creatorBarreto, Maurício Lima
dc.creatorRodrigues, Laura C.
dc.creatorMorejón, Yadira A.
dc.creatorChico, Martha E.
dc.creatorCooper, Philip J.
dc.date2018-03-19T14:23:25Z
dc.date2018-03-19T14:23:25Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T21:10:58Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T21:10:58Z
dc.identifierMATOS, S. M. A. et al. Growth patterns in early childhood: Better trajectories in Afro-Ecuadorians independent of sex and socioeconomic factors. Nutrition Research, v. 44, p. 51–59, 2017.
dc.identifier0271-5317
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/25374
dc.identifier10.1016/j.nutres.2017.06.003
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8870462
dc.descriptionBarreto, Mauricio Lima. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. “Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta à informação no documento”.
dc.descriptionNIH grant AI- 20565
dc.descriptionThe first years of life are the most dynamic period for childhood growth. There are limited data available on growth patterns of infants and children living in rural Latin America. The aim of this study was to describe the growth patterns from birth to 5years in children living in a rural District of tropical coastal Ecuador using data from a birth cohort of 2404 neonates. We hypothesize that there would be growth differences according to ethnicity and sex. Evaluations were conducted at birth or until 2weeks of age and at 7, 13, 24, 36 and 60months during clinic and home visits. Individual growth trajectories for weight-for-age, height-for-age and weight/height-for-age Z-scores were estimated using multilevel models. Girls were lighter and shorter than boys at birth. However, Afro-Ecuadorian children (versus mestizo or indigenous) were longer/taller and heavier throughout the first 5years of life and had greater mean trajectories for HAZ and WAZ independent of sex and socioeconomic factors. Our data indicate that ethnicity is a determinant of growth trajectories during the first 5years of life independent of socioeconomic factors in a birth cohort conducted in a rural region of Latin America.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectTrajectórias de crescimento
dc.subjectInfância
dc.subjectÉtnica
dc.subjectModelos multiníveis
dc.subjectGrowth Trajectories
dc.subjectChildhood
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectMultilevel Models
dc.titleGrowth patterns in early childhood: Better trajectories in Afro-Ecuadorians independent of sex and socioeconomic factors
dc.typeArticle


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