Associations of suboptimal growth with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in children under five years: a pooled analysis of ten prospective studies

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2013
All degrees of anthropometric deficits are associated with increased risk of under-five mortality using the 2006 WHO Standards. Even mild deficits substantially increase mortality, especially from infectious diseases.
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Authors Olofin I;McDonald CM;Ezzati M;Flaxman S;Black RE;Fawzi WW;Caulfield LE;Danaei G; ;;
Journal PloS one
Year 2013
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23734210
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't female male Child Infant Prospective Studies newborn preschool growth disorders / epidemiology risk factors anthropometry Growth Disorders / complications Proportional Hazards Models body weight / physiology asia / epidemiology body height / physiology south america / epidemiology risk assessment / methods growth disorders / physiopathology* christine m mcdonald pmid:23734210 pmc3667136 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064636 ibironke olofin nutrition impact model study (anthropometry cohort pooling) africa / epidemiology cause of death* mortality / trends* risk assessment / statistics & numerical data thinness / complications thinness / epidemiology thinness / physiopathology*

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