Long run effects of early life growth faltering: a retrospective analysis of 847 birth cohorts in low- and middle-income countries

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN82438662

Enrollment

211318

Registered

2017-10-05

Start date

1985-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-07-29

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Conditions

Early life growth faltering (height and stunting at childhood) Not Applicable

Interventions

All available anthropometric data collected through the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) is combined to construct country-region measures of early childhood exposure to growth faltering, and this

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 211,318 adults who born between 1985 and 1995 across 34 DHS surveys that were conducted between 2006 and 2014 in 24 low- and middle-income countries

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Missing income data

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Adult height, measured by reported height in adulthood, taken from DHS surveys conducted between 2006 and 2014 2. Educational attainment, measured by the highest educational grade completed, taken from DHS surveys conducted between 2006 and 2014	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ghana, Haiti, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026