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Early Antibiotic Exposure and Weight Outcomes in Young Children

201877 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Jason P. Block · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

L. Charles Bailey · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Matthew W. Gillman · National Institutes of Health

Doug Lunsford · American Fork Hospital

Matthew F. Daley · Kaiser Permanente

Ihuoma Eneli · Nationwide Children's Hospital

Jonathan A. Finkelstein

Abstract

Antibiotic use at <24 months of age was associated with a slightly higher body weight at 5 years of age.

Topics & Keywords

Child and Adolescent Health Pharmaceutical studies and practices Child Nutrition and Water Access

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 142, Issue 6

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0290

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 19.67

Early Antibiotic Exposure and Weight Outcomes in Young Children | Researchclopedia

· Harvard University

William J. Heerman · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Casie Horgan · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Daniel S. Hsia · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Goutham Rao · Case Western Reserve University

Juliane S. Reynolds · Therapeutics Clinical Research

Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Jessica L. Sturtevant · Therapeutics Clinical Research

Sengwee Toh · Therapeutics Clinical Research

Leonardo Trasande · New York University

Jessica G. Young · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Christopher B. Forrest · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

on behalf of the PCORnet Antibiotics and Childhood Growth Study Group