A contemporary description of French newborns' growth using the Efemeris cohort

Study type

• Study topic:
  Other
• Study topic, other:
  Disease/Epidemiology study
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Disease epidemiology
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cohort

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  French children born in the 2000s.
• Age groups:
  • Paediatric Population (< 18 years)

    • Neonate

      • Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
      • Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
    • Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
• Estimated number of subjects:
  77000

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  The primary objective was to describe anthropometric measurements of French children born in the 2000s and to compare them with the French references.
• Outcomes:
  Weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) at birth, 9 months, and 24 months
• Data analysis plan:
  The z-score means based on the French references for weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) at birth, 9 months, and 24 months were calculated.