The effect of catch-up growth in the first year of life on later wheezing phenotypes

Sarah J Kotecha; John Lowe; Raquel Granell; W John Watkins; A John Henderson; Sailesh Kotecha

doi:10.1183/13993003.00884-2020

The effect of catch-up growth in the first year of life on later wheezing phenotypes

Eur Respir J. 2020 Dec 24;56(6):2000884. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00884-2020. Print 2020 Dec.

Authors

Sarah J Kotecha^{1

2}, John Lowe^{1

2}, Raquel Granell³, W John Watkins¹, A John Henderson³, Sailesh Kotecha¹

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Child Health, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
² Joint first authors.
³ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

This study shows that catch-up growth in infancy is associated with increased early wheeze in childhood, so care is needed to not to excessively feed in early infancy https://bit.ly/2YPxtBw

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Infant
Phenotype
Respiratory Sounds*
Risk Factors