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SUBMITTER: McCarthy EK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866112 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McCarthy Elaine K EK Ní Chaoimh Carol C Kenny Louise C LC Hourihane Jonathan O'B JO Irvine Alan D AD Murray Deirdre M DM Kiely Mairead E ME
Maternal & child nutrition 20170427 1
Rapid growth in infancy has been shown to adversely affect iron status up to 1 year; however the effect of growth on iron status in the second year of life has been largely unexplored. We aimed to investigate the impact of growth and body size in the first 2 years on iron status at 2 years. In the prospective, maternal-infant Cork BASELINE Birth Cohort Study, infant weight and length were measured at birth, 2, 6, 12, and 24 months and absolute weight (kg) and length (cm) gain from 0 to 2, 0 to 6 ...[more]