2021

Body mass index z score vs weight-for-length z score in infancy and cardiometabolic outcomes at age 8-10 years.

The objective is to confirm that World Health Organization weight-for-length z scores (zWFL) and World Health Organization body mass index z scores (zBMI) in infancy are associated with adiposity and cardiometabolic measures at 8-10 years old and to compare the predictive ability of the 2 methods.

Référence bibliographique

Roberge, J.-B., Harnois-Leblanc, S., McNealis, V., van Hulst, A., Barnett, T. A., Kakinami, L., Paradis, G. et Henderson, M. (2021). Body mass index z score vs weight-for-length z score in infancy and cardiometabolic outcomes at age 8-10 years. The Journal of Pediatrics, 238, 208-214.e2.

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