examined the impact of change in HAZ from 2 to 8 years on cognitive outcomes in a longitudinal cohort from the Philippines. However, the same cohort was also used in another study by Poveda et al. to assess the association between changes in HAZ and cognitive outcomes. As a result, we ...
In a longitudinal study in the Philippines, children's height was measured at 6 mo, 24 mo, 8 y, and 11 y, and a summary measure of cognitive ability at age 11 y was created from measures of nonverbal intelligence, reading comprehension, and mathematics (15, 18). HAZ at 6 mo, ...
Eighty four studies involving 23,914 participants from 15 countries were included. We identified 23 tools to assess HL, and most of the studies were carried out in health services. The pooled prevalence of low HL were 44.02% (95%CI: 36.12–52.24) for reading and numeracy comprehension items,...
Cheung and Ashorn (2010) CLHNS, Cebu, Philippines Conception to 6 months Height-for-age Z score (HAZ) IQ test score, English reading comprehension test score,mathematics test score Regression with change in body size Conception to 6 months 6–24 months 6–24 months 24 months-11 y 24 mont...