Timing based clustering of childhood BMI trajectories reveals differential maturational patterns; Study in the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts 1966 and 1986

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 872 - 880
• Main Authors: Heiskala, Anni, Tucker, J. Derek, Choudhary, Priyanka, Nedelec, Rozenn, Ronkainen, Justiina, Sarala, Olli, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Sillanpää, Mikko J., Sebert, Sylvain
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.05.2025; Nature Publishing Group UK
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Adolescent; Age; Birth Cohort; Body Mass Index; Body-Weight Trajectory; Child; Child Development - physiology; Child, Preschool; Children; Cluster Analysis; Clustering; Cohort Studies; Female; Females; Finland - epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Male; Males; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Phase variations; Population studies; Finland

Children's biological age does not always correspond to their chronological age. In the case of BMI trajectories, this can appear as phase variation, which can be seen as shift, stretch, or shrinking between trajectories. With maturation thought of as a process moving towards the final state -...