Cumulative mental health consequences of acne: 23-year follow-up in a general population birth cohort study

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between size at birth (birthweight and birth length) and height in early adolescence in a prospective birth cohort study in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Interviews were carried out in 1993, including measurements of birthweight and length, and in 2004-2005, including measurements of weight and height. This analysis includes 4,452 individuals, with a mean age of 11.3 years (standard deviation - SD = 0.3), representing a follow-up rate of 87.5%. Mean height at 11 years was 145.8 cm (SD = 7.9), or 144.9 cm (SD = 7.7) in boys and 146.8 cm (SD = 7.9) in girls. Birthweight and birth length were positively associated with height in early adolescence in the crude analysis, but after adjustment for confounding and for each other, only the effect of birth length was still significant. A one z-score increase in birth length was associated with a 1.63 cm increase in height at 11 years. The present study shows that birth length is a strong predictor of later height, while the effect of birth weight disappears after adjustment for birth length.

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Verbal memory and search speed in early midlife are associated with mortality over 25 years’ follow-up, independently of health status and early life factors: a British birth cohort study.

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyw100 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. dyw100 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Davis ◽

Rachel Cooper ◽

Graciela Muniz Terrera ◽

Rebecca Hardy ◽

Marcus Richards ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Health Status ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Verbal Memory ◽

Early Life ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Search Speed ◽

Early Life Factors

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Feasibility of a Birth-cohort In Pakistan: Evidence For Better Lives Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-143594/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yasmeen Anwer ◽

Fahad Abbasi ◽

Ariba Dar ◽

Abdullah Hafeez ◽

Assad Hafeez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Postnatal Period ◽

Practice Change ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Third Trimester ◽

Resource Poor

Abstract BackgroundEvidence for Better Lives Study (EBLS) is an endeavour to establish a global birth cohort with participants from resource poor settings across the globe. It aims to investigate mediators and moderators of child development and wellbeing; it envisages informing policy and practice change to promote child health and wellbeing globally. Pakistan is one of the resource poor settings taking part in this global birth cohort; we report the feasibility of establishing such a birth cohort in Pakistan.MethodFrom March 2019 to July 2019, 153 third trimester pregnant women were identified, using community health worker registers, and approached for baseline demographics and a number of maternal wellbeing, mental health, support related information and stress related biomarkers in a peri-urban area of Islamabad Capital Territory. From October 2019 to December 2019, we re-contacted and followed 121 between 8-24 weeks postnatal period. All interviews were done after consent and data was collected electronically. Results150 (98%) third trimester pregnant women consented and were interviewed, 111 (74%) provided bio-samples and 121 (80.6%) were followed up postnatally. Their mean age and years of schooling was 27.29 (5.18) and 7.77 (4.79) respectively. Majority (82.3%) of the participants were housewives. Nearly a tenth were first time mothers while 63% of women reported current pregnancy to have been unplanned. Overall wellbeing and mental health were reported to be poor (WHO-5 mean scores 49.41 (32.20) & PHQ-9 mean scores 8.23 (7.0)). About 22% of women reported four or more adverse childhood experiences; 12.2% reported intimate partner violence during their current pregnancy. During the postnatal follow up visits, 58% of the women reported breastfeeding their infants. ConclusionThe study demonstrated Pakistan site could identify, approach, interview and follow up women and children postnatally, with a high response rates for both the follow up visits and bio-samples. Thus, a larger scale pregnancy birth cohort study in Pakistan is feasible to conduct.

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