Title

Birth weight and body mass index z-score in childhood brain tumors: A cross-sectional study

Authors

Kuan-Wen Wang
Russell J de Souza
Adam Fleming
Donna L Johnston
Shayna M Zelcer, London Health Science CentreFollow
Shahrad Rod Rassekh
Sarah Burrow
Lehana Thabane
M Constantine Samaan, McMaster UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-26-2018

Journal

Scientific Reports

Volume

8

Issue

1

First Page

1642

Last Page

1642

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19924-8

Abstract

Children with brain tumors (CBT) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes compared to the general population, in which birth weight is a risk factor for these diseases. However, this is not known in CBT. The primary aim of this study was to explore the association between birth weight and body mass measures in CBT, compared to non-cancer controls. This is a secondary data analysis using cross-sectional data from the CanDECIDE study (n = 78 CBT and n = 133 non-cancer controls). Age, sex, and birth weight (grams) were self-reported, and confirmed through examination of the medical records. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated from height and weight measures and reported as kg/m

Notes

Article originally published at Scientific Reports, Vol. 8(1).

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19924-8.

© The Author(s) 2018

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