Weight trajectories of Israeli pediatric cancer survivors
Abstract
Abstract
Objective
Cross-national replication of the high rates of overweight/obesity among U.S. pediatric cancer survivors (PCS) is limited. Predictors of weight trajectories of Israeli PCS were examined from diagnosis and end of active cancer treatment to 3 years posttreatment.
Methods
World Health Organization-derived body mass index (z-BMI) values were calculated at each time point from medical records of 135 Israeli PCS (M diagnosis age = 11.4). A three-section piecewise multilevel model including age, ethnicity, gender, treatment length, and diagnosis as predictors was used to estimate z-BMI trajectories.
Citation
Stern, M., Bachar, E., Ackerman, E., Rancourt, D., Bonne, O., Weintraub, M. (2017). Weight trajectories of Israeli pediatric cancer survivors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 42, 588-597doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsw102