Associations Between Delivery Mode and Early Childhood Body Mass Index Z-Score Trajectories: A Retrospective Analysis of 2,685 Children From Mothers Aged 18 to 35 Years at Delivery

• Main Authors: Lihong Zhang (Author), Liuxia Huang (Author), Zhiyuan Zhao (Author), Renjuan Ding (Author), Hongnian Liu (Author), Wenchao Qu (Author), Xiao Jia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To investigate the association between cesarean delivery (CD) and trajectory patterns of age- and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) z-score in early childhood.Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 2,685 children whose maternal age at the time of birth was between 18 a...