Timing based clustering in the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts 1966 and 1986 suggests two new patterns for childhood BMI curve [Poster]

Conference · Sat Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2004432· OSTI ID:2004432

Heiskala, Anni ^[1]; Tucker, James Derek ^[2]; Sillanpää, Mikko ^[1]; Sebert, Sylvain ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Oulu (Finland)
2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Childhood body mass index (BMI) is a widely used measure of adiposity in children (<18 years of age). Children grow with individual tempo and individuals of the same age, or of the same BMI, might be in different phases in their individual growth curves. Variability between different childhood BMI curves can be separated in two components: phase variability (x-axis; time) and amplitude variability (y-axis; BMI). Phase variability can be thought of arising from differences in maturational age between individuals. This is related to the timing of peaks and valleys in a child’s BMI curve.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2004432
• Report Number(s): SAND2022--11368C; 709277
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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