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7840494

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
This is a longitudinal study involving 202 Chinese infants in Chengdu City and 174 Hong Kong infants in their first two years of life. Their weight and length growth are compared, and the seasonal effects on the early age growth for the two groups are illustrated by using a multilevel model approach. The Chengdu infants are found to grow faster in the first 10 months, then stay longer, heavier and fatter for the rest of the study period. The seasonal effect on weight growth for the two groups is the same with the fastest growth in winter and slowest in summer and with a mean difference of about 0.16 kg. For length the fastest is in summer for Chengdu infants but in winter for Hong Kong infants. The difference between the slowest and fastest is about 0.49 cm for the two groups. The approach used in the paper is discussed from a practical viewpoint. The reasons for the growth differences between the two groups of Chinese infants are also discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-4460
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
547-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Weight and length growth of two Chinese infant groups and the seasonal effects on their growth.
pubmed:affiliation
West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't