Potential selection effects when estimating associations between the infancy peak or adiposity rebound and later body mass index in children

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 518 - 526
• Main Authors: Börnhorst, C, Siani, A, Tornaritis, M, Molnár, D, Lissner, L, Regber, S, Reisch, L, De Decker, A, Moreno, L A, Ahrens, W, Pigeot, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/2743/393; 692/700/139/2818; 692/700/1720/3187; 692/700/478/174; Adipose tissue; Adipose tissues; Adiposity - physiology; Age; Age Distribution; Body height; Body Mass Index; Body size; Child; Child Development; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; Children; Cohort analysis; cohort of European children; Cohort Studies; Demographic aspects; Diet; Energy Intake - physiology; Epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa och socialmedicin; fractional polynomial mixed effects model; growth velocity; Health aspects; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; I.Family study; IDEFICS study; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intercultural communication; Internal Medicine; Life Style; Lifestyles; Male; Measurement; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional Status - physiology; Obesity; Odds Ratio; original-article; Overweight; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Polynomials; Prevention; Public Health; Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine; Risk Factors; Weight; Weight Gain - physiology; Europe; Sweden; Germany

Introduction: This study aims to evaluate a potential selection effect caused by exclusion of children with non-identifiable infancy peak (IP) and adiposity rebound (AR) when estimating associations between age and body mass index (BMI) at IP and AR and later weight status. Subjects and methods: In...