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. 2018 Jul 5;2018(7):CD012960. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012960.pub2

Khalil 2015.

Methods Study design: prospective cohort study.
Analyses methods for cohorts: NR.
How were missing data handled? NR.
Number of study contacts? 2 (baseline‐5 years and 9 years).
Period of follow‐up: 4 years.
Periods of recruitment: NR.
Sample size justification adequately described? No.
Sampling method: NR.
Study objective: to identify the developmental trajectories of BMI during childhood and identify dietary factors associated with trajectory membership.
Study population: children aged 5 years in Ireland.
Participants Baseline characteristics: NR.
Included criteria: children from the Lifeways Cross‐Generation birth cohort study with height and weight measurements at 5 and 9 years of age.
Excluded criteria: NR.
Brief description of participants: children aged 5 years who were participants of the Lifeways Cross‐Generation birth cohort study, Ireland.
Total number completed in cohort study: 194 children (at age 9 years).
Total number enrolled in cohort study: 194 children (at age 5 years).
Interventions Description of exposure for cohorts:
  • Time span: 4 years.

  • Dietary assessment method used: FFQ.

  • Frequency of dietary assessments: NR.

Outcomes NR
Notes We were unable to retrieve a full‐text publication of this study, only 2 conference abstracts. We contacted the authors and requested data analyses reporting the relationship between baseline total fat intake in children and absolute or change in body fatness outcomes after at least 1 year' follow‐up. We had not received a response by time of publication.