Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

percentile at age 4.5 yrs unadj OR
2.3 (95% CI 1.4-3.7). Adjusted OR
was not reported.
Effect on risk Increase Increase Increase
Clinical
1 1 1
importance
Clinical
relevance [10]
2 2 2
Generalisability y y y
Applicability y y y
Table 18.1 Studies used to make evidence statement for life course food consumption and birth weight (cont.)
Reference [1] Burke 2005 Kuh 2002 Hawkins 2009 Araujo 2009
Type of study [2] Cohort Cohort Cohort Cohort
Level of evidence II II II II
Intervention/
comparator [4]
Effect of birth weight
(continuous variable)
with change in BMI to
age 8yrs.
Relationship of birth
weight (continuous
variable) to waist:hip ratio
and waist circumference
in adults.
N [5] 1430 5362 at baseline
3266 at follow-up,
3174 for analysis.
Relationship between birth
weight z-score and
development of childhood
overweight at age 3yrs.
18 296 at baseline
14 630 at follow-up
13 188 for analysis.
Effect of birth weight
(3.500g) and ponderal
index at birth (2.89g/cm 3 )
on prevalence of obesity,
mean triceps measure (mm),
mean subscapular measure
(mm), and BMI at age 11 yrs.
5249
475