LION is an existing prospective cohort of survivors of severe malnutrition in Jamaica which has been followed-up post-discharge after been identified as severely malnourished and treated with specialised feeds. The cohort consist of malnourished children treated in inpatient care (1965-93). Included in the study are children with severe wasting (weight-for-age < 60%) or oedematous malnutrition (weight-for-age 60-80%, plus oedema). NCHS reference. The data comes from a cross-sectional retrospective survey on non-communicable disease (NCD) risk in adult survivors of severe malnutrition in childhood carried out between 2008-2012 at the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit (TMRU), the University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica. Adult data include blood pressure, anthropometric measures, body composition data, laboratory test results, and self-reported data relating to medical history, drug history and socioeconomic status. Childhood data include birth weight, and weight, length (height) and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurements taken on admission, during hospitalization and up to 2 years post discharge from hospital.

This dataset is not held in the LSHTM repository. Data management and access arrangements for this dataset are handled by researchers located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), in accordance with the study ethics approvals. Please read the data codebook and make a note of variables that you wish to request prior to applying for access. Access requests submitted through the LSHTM repository will be sent to the LSHTM project team and passed onto the UWI researchers collaborators.

Post-malnutrition growth, Childhood, Non-communicable diseases (NCD), Anthropometry, Malnutrition, Severe acute malnutrition, Growth condition, Rehabilitation, Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Risk factors, Long-term outcome