@article{fdi:010062066,
  title = {{F}actors associated with growth patterns from birth to 18 months in a {B}eninese cohort of children},
  author = {{P}adonou, {G}. and {L}e {P}ort, {A}. and {C}ottrell, {G}illes and {G}uerra, {J}. and {C}houdat, {I}. and {R}achas, {A}. and {B}ouscaillou, {J}. and {M}assougbodji, {A}. and {G}arcia, {A}ndr{\'e} and {M}artin-{P}r{\'e}vel, {Y}ves},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he aim of this study was to analyze factors influencing the growth pattern of children from birth to 18 months. {A} longitudinal prospective study was conducted in three maternity wards in {S}outhern {B}enin. {I}nclusion took place between {J}une 2007 and {J}uly 2008; children were followed-up until 18 months of age. {H}eight-for-age and weight-for-height {Z}-scores were computed using the newborn's anthropometric measurements taken at delivery, every month up to 6 months and then quarterly. {I}nfant and young child feeding ({IYCF}) practices and malarial morbidity were recorded. {G}estational age was estimated using the {B}allard method; {W}illiam's sex-specific reference curve of birth weight-for-gestational-age was used to determine intrauterine growth retardation ({IUGR}). {A}nalyses were performed on 520 children using a linear mixed model. {L}ow birth weight (coef = -0.43; p = 0.002), {IUGR} (coef = -0.49; p<0.001), maternal short stature (coef = -0.25; p = 0.001) and maternal low weight status (coef = -0.19; p = 0.006) were significantly associated with growth impairment. {O}nly {LBW} (coef = -0.28; p = 0.05) and maternal low weight status (coef = -0.23; p = 0.004) were associated with wasting. {A} good {IYCF} score was positively associated with weight gain (coef = 0.14; p<0.001) whereas we found a paradoxical association with length (coef = -0.18; p < 0.001). {M}alaria morbidity was not associated with growth. {LBW}, {IUGR} and maternal low weight status and height were important determinants of children's growth. {T}hese results reinforce and justify continuing public health initiatives to fight {IUGR} and {LBW} and break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition.},
  keywords = {{I}nfant growth ; {L}ow birth weight ; {I}ntrauterine growth retardation ; {P}rematurity ; {M}aternal undernutrition ; {BENIN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}cta {T}ropica},
  volume = {135},
  numero = {},
  pages = {1--9},
  ISSN = {0001-706{X}},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.03.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062066},
}