Machine learning model demonstrates stunting at birth and systemic inflammatory biomarkers as predictors of subsequent infant growth - a four-year prospective study.

Journal: BMC pediatrics
PMID: 33126871

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stunting affects up to one-third of the children in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) and has been correlated with decline in cognitive capacity and vaccine immunogenicity. Early identification of infants at risk is critical for early intervention and prevention of morbidity. The aim of this study was to investigate patterns of growth in infants up through 48 months of age to assess whether the growth of infants with stunting eventually improved as well as the potential predictors of growth.

Authors

  • Elizabeth Harrison
    School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
  • Sana Syed
    School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
  • Lubaina Ehsan
    School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
  • Najeeha T Iqbal
    Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Kamran Sadiq
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Fayyaz Umrani
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P. O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
  • Sheraz Ahmed
    German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germnay. Sheraz.Ahmed@dfki.de.
  • Najeeb Rahman
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P. O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
  • Sadaf Jakhro
    Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, P. O. Box 3500, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
  • Jennie Z Ma
    Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
  • Molly Hughes
    Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
  • S Asad Ali
    Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

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