Comparison of Growth Curve Estimates of Infants in Sao Tome Island, Africa, with the WHO Growth Standards: A Birth Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: This birth cohort study compared the infant growth curve estimates in São Tomé Island to the WHO growth standards. Despite this island belonging to a lower-middle-income country, there were several factors favorable for growth that were present. Four-hundred and seventy-five full-term singleton appropriate for-gestational-age infants were enrolled and followed-up to 24 months of age. Weight-for-age, length-for-age, weight-for-length, body mass index-for-age, head circumference-for-age, weight velocity, and length velocity curves were estimated and compared to the WHO standards. In the first 6 months of age, the weight gain was adequate in the presence of a high prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding. Thereafter, weight trajectories tracked close to the WHO standards, except for a progressiv

SUBMITTER: Garzon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6572562 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature