Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso
Prado E, Jimenez E, Vosti S, Stewart R, Stewart C, Somé J, Pulakka A, Ouédraogo J, Okronipa H, Ocansey E, Oaks B, Maleta K, Lartey A, Kortekangas E, Hess S, Brown K, Bendabenda J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Arimond M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Abbeddou S, Dewey K. Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso. BMJ Global Health 2019, 4: e001155. PMID: 30775005, PMCID: PMC6350712, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexAge z-scoreProspective cohortMaternal heightGestational age z-scoreZ-scoreMaternal iron statusExclusive breast feedingAcute respiratory infectionsMonths post partumLinear growth falteringChild dietary diversityInternational LipidChild's feverBreast feedingRespiratory infectionsMass indexPregnancy durationRisk factorsIron statusGrowth falteringMaternal stressHemoglobin concentrationCohortPost partum