Titre :
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Latin American Special Issue. Association of perinatal factors and obesity in 6-to 8-year-old Chilean children. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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Francisco MARDONES ;
Pilar ARNAIZ ;
Salesa BARJA ;
Lorena KARZULOVIC ;
Francisco MARDONES-RESTAT ;
Laura-C RODRIGUES ;
Marcela TAIBO ;
Cesar-G VICTORA ;
Luis VILLARROEL ;
Pediatrics Department. Faculty of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. CHL ;
Public Health Department. Faculty of Medicine. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. CHL
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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International journal of epidemiology (vol. 37, n° 4, 2008)
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Pagination :
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902-910
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Obésité
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Association
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Nouveau né
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Chili
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Enfant
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Homme
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Amérique
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Amérique du Sud
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS IR0xprFk. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : It has been reported in Chile that obesity figures in children of 6-to 8-years-old are associated with height for age. We studied the possible influence of perinatal variables on obesity at 6-to 8-years-old controlling for height for age. Methods : All children with 6-8 years of age attending first grade in public primary schools of Chile in year 2005 were included. An historical cohort design was used and perinatal information collected at birth was obtained from the National Registry. Obesity was defined as BMI>=95th percentile of the CDC reference. Comparisons of obesity prevalence in contingency tables used the chi-squared test. Logistic regression was used to calculate ORs for obesity risk in univariate and multivariate categorical models. Results : Out of 167494 initial subjects, 153536 children entered the study. Obesity prevalence was higher in stunted and in tall for age children (20.1 and 26.0%, respectively) compared with those with normal height for age (17.3%) (P
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