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SUBMITTER: Leung M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860780 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leung Michael M Perumal Nandita N Mesfin Elnathan E Krishna Aditi A Yang Seungmi S Johnson William W Bassani Diego G DG Roth Daniel E DE
PloS one 20180320 3
Metrics to quantify child growth vary across studies of the developmental origins of health and disease. We conducted a scoping review of child growth studies in which length/height, weight or body mass index (BMI) was measured at ≥ 2 time points. From a 10% random sample of eligible studies published between Jan 2010-Jun 2016, and all eligible studies from Oct 2015-June 2016, we classified growth metrics based on author-assigned labels (e.g., 'weight gain') and a 'content signature', a numeric ...[more]