ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2014
Abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat thickness in newborns: correlation with anthropometric and metabolic profile.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Sex Differences in Subcutaneous and Visceral Abdominal Fat in Children.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Exclusive Breastfeeding and Body Composition in Indian Infants: A Prospective Study.Indian pediatrics · 2025Article
- Associations between abdominal adiposity, body size and objectively measured physical activity in infants from Soweto, South Africa.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
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- Development of Visceral and Subcutaneous-Abdominal Adipose Tissue in Breastfed Infants during First Year of Lactation.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Longitudinal telomere length and body composition in healthy term-born infants during the first two years of life.PloS one · 2021Article
- Association Between Fat Mass in Early Life and Later Fat Mass Trajectories.JAMA pediatrics · 2020Article
- Impact of Early Infant Growth, Duration of Breastfeeding and Maternal Factors on Total Body Fat Mass and Visceral Fat at 3 and 6 Months of Age.Annals of nutrition & metabolism · 2017Article
- Maternal Macronutrient Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Neonatal Abdominal Adiposity: The Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo correlate abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat thickness with anthropometric data and metabolic profile in newborns. STUDY
designA cross-sectional study with 99 newborns was performed at Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira, Brazil. Abdominal subcutaneous and visceral thickness were measured by ultrasound. Glucose, insulin, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were determined. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated.
resultAbdominal subcutaneous fat thickness was positively correlated with birth weight (r=0.31; P<0.001), height (r=0.27; P<0.001) and abdominal circumference (r=0.26; P<0.001), but not with metabolic profile. Abdominal visceral fat thickness was correlated with abdominal circumference (r=0.23; P=0.01), insulin (r=0.21; P=0.04) and HOMA (r=0.24; P=0.02). The results remained the same among males and females.
conclusionAbdominal fat distribution in newborns has a different correlation with anthropometric and metabolic profile. Abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness is positively correlated with anthropometric data whereas abdominal visceral fat thickness is correlated with insulin and HOMA-IR.
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