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Few studies have compared body mass index (BMI) trajectories of children experienced RWG to those who did not, across birth weight groups. We investigated the association between RWG in early-life and subsequent BMI trajectory and whether the association differs by birth weight.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We included term singletons from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (n = 10 637). RWG was defined as an increase in weight z-scores (derived using UK\u2013WHO growth reference) between birth and 3 years &amp;gt;0.67. Mixed-effect fractional polynomial models were applied to examine the association between RWG and BMI trajectories (5\u201314 years). Models were further adjusted for confounders and stratified by birth weight-for-gestational-age group.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Mean BMI trajectories were higher in children who experienced RWG in early-life, compared with their non-RWG counterparts. RWG was associated with higher BMI at five years [by 0.76 kg\/m2 (95% CI: 0.67\u20130.85) in boys and 0.87 kg\/m2 (0.76\u20130.97) in girls]; the difference persisted into adolescence [1.37 kg\/m2 (1.17\u20131.58) and 1.75 kg\/m2 (1.52\u20131.99) at 14 years, respectively]. Differences remained after adjustment and were particularly greater for children born large-for-gestational-age than those born small- and appropriate-for-gestational-age. Mean BMI trajectories for large-for-gestational-age children with RWG exceeded international reference curves for overweight (for obesity at some ages in girls).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>RWG was associated with higher BMI trajectories throughout childhood and adolescence, especially in large-for-gestational-age children. Strategies for obesity prevention need to address factors during and before infancy and preventing excessive weight gain among infants who have already had adequate growth in utero.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckz232","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,10]],"date-time":"2019-12-10T12:10:24Z","timestamp":1575979824000},"page":"316-322","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":33,"title":["Weight gain in early years and subsequent body mass index trajectories across birth weight groups: a prospective longitudinal study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"30","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6676-4033","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Population, Policy and Practice, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, 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