Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso

Elizabeth L Prado; Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez; Stephen Vosti; Robert Stewart; Christine P Stewart; Jérôme Somé; Anna Pulakka; Jean Bosco Ouédraogo; Harriet Okronipa; Eugenia Ocansey; Brietta Oaks; Kenneth Maleta; Anna Lartey; Emma Kortekangas; Sonja Y Hess; Kenneth Brown; Jaden Bendabenda; Ulla Ashorn; Per Ashorn; Mary Arimond; Seth Adu-Afarwuah; Souheila Abbeddou; Kathryn Dewey

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001155

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Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso

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Elizabeth L Prado Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Vosti Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Davis, 2135 Social Sciences and Humanities, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Stewart Department of Psychiatry, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christine P Stewart Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jérôme Somé Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Avenue de la Liberté, Burkina Faso PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna Pulakka Department of Public Health, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland, Turku PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jean Bosco Ouédraogo Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Avenue de la Liberté, Burkina Faso PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Harriet Okronipa Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eugenia Ocansey Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Brietta Oaks Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kenneth Maleta School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna Lartey Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emma Kortekangas Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Tampere University Hospital, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sonja Y Hess Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kenneth Brown Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jaden Bendabenda School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Malawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulla Ashorn Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Tampere University Hospital, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Per Ashorn Center for Child Health Research, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Tampere University Hospital, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland Department of Paediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary Arimond Intake, Center for Dietary Assessment, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seth Adu-Afarwuah Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Souheila Abbeddou Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kathryn Dewey Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth L Prado; elprado{at}ucdavis.edu

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Prado EL, Yakes Jimenez E, Vosti S, et al

Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso

BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e001155.

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Received September 4, 2018
Revised November 6, 2018
Accepted November 17, 2018
First published January 13, 2019.

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May 01, 2020

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