Preschool-children’s height, trend, and causes: Japanese national surveys 1990–2010

We observed trends in the height of children aged 3 to 6 in Japan using data from the National Growth Survey on Preschool Children in the years 1990, 2000, and 2010. Average standard deviation (SD) scores of height decreased from 0.39 (SD 1.02) in 1990 (n = 3,684) to 0.37 (SD 1.05) in 2000 (n = 2,98...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology 2022, Vol.31(1), pp.10-17
Hauptverfasser: Morisaki, Naho, Yoshii, Keisuke, Yamaguchi, Tomoe Ogawa, Tamamitsu, Ayaka Monoi, Kato, Noriko, Yokoya, Susumu
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Zusammenfassung:We observed trends in the height of children aged 3 to 6 in Japan using data from the National Growth Survey on Preschool Children in the years 1990, 2000, and 2010. Average standard deviation (SD) scores of height decreased from 0.39 (SD 1.02) in 1990 (n = 3,684) to 0.37 (SD 1.05) in 2000 (n = 2,981) and 0.33 (SD 1.07) in 2010 (n = 2,027). Mothers of children in later waves were taller, older, and more likely to be primiparous; children in later waves had shorter gestational age, lower birth weight, and were less likely to have been fed less with formula or solid foods before 6 mo. The only factor that consistently contributed to a reduction in children’s height for both 1990–2000 and 2000–2010 was a reduction in birthweight SD score (indirect effect on height –1.5 [95% CI: –1.9, –1.1] mm for 1990–2000 and –1.2 [95% CI: –1.8, –0.8] mm for 2000–2010). Factors that contributed, although not significantly or consistently between the two periods, were changes in pre-pregnancy BMI, smoking during pregnancy, multiple pregnancies, gestational age, BMI at birth, and use of formula and solid foods before 6 mo. Secular increases in maternal age, height, and primiparity contributed to increasing children’s height.
ISSN:0918-5739
1347-7358
DOI:10.1297/cpe.2021-0041