Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

Clinical
importance
Clinical
relevance [10]
Generalisability
Applicability
weight
1 1 1
2 2 2
y
y
y
y
y
y
Reference [1] Dubois 2006 Classen 2005 Reilly 2005
Type of study [2] Cohort Cohort Cohort
Level of evidence II II II
[3]
Intervention/
comparator [4]
N [5]
Population/study
information [6]
Effect of birth weight (4000 g)
on weight for stature >95th
percentile at age 5 mo and BMI
>95th percentile at age 4.5 yrs.
2103 at baseline
1944 at year 5
Random sample of children born in
Quebec, Canada in 1998. 48.9%
female.
5yr follow-up.
Relationship between birth weight (75
ounces or less vs. 150 ounces or more)
on development of overweight or
obesity in children over the age of 8 yrs.
Relationship between birth weight
(continuous: 100 g units) and
development of obesity at age 7 yrs.
4980 13 971 at baseline 5493 at age 7 yrs
Children aged 2-18yrs in US
(NLSY79), 50% male, 30% black, 20%
Hispanic.
18yr follow-up.
Quality [7] P P P
Results [8] Birth weight of >4000 g was
associated with an increased risk of
having a weight-for-stature >95th
percentile at age 5 mo unadj OR 1.6
(95% CI 1.0-2.5) and BMI >95th
Birth weight >95th percentile is related
to a 5% increase in overweight or obese
youth (adj marginal effect probit
estimate = 0.057 (SE 0.025), P