ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2018
Which anthropometric measures best reflect neonatal adiposity?
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- Anthropometric models to estimate fat mass at 3 days, 15 and 54 weeks.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- INTERGROWTH-21st versus a customized method for the prediction of neonatal nutritional status in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Maternal diet patterns during early pregnancy in relation to neonatal outcomes.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- Newer Insights Into Fetal Growth and Body Composition.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Review
- The importance of maternal insulin resistance throughout pregnancy on neonatal adiposity.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2021Article
- Household Food Security and Infant Adiposity.Pediatrics · 2020Article
- Evaluation of anthropometric measures for assessment of cardiometabolic risk in early childhood.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- "INTERGROWTH21st vs customized fetal growth curves in the assessment of the neonatal nutritional status: a retrospective cohort study of gestational diabetes".BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Physical Activity and Adiposity in a Racially Diverse Cohort of US Infants.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Article
- Neonatal adiposity may increase plasmatic cytokines.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudying the determinants and the long-term consequences of fetal adipose accretion requires accurate assessment of neonatal body composition. In large epidemiological studies, in-depth body composition measurement methods are usually not feasible for cost and logistical reasons, and there is a need to identify anthropometric measures that adequately reflect neonatal adiposity.
methodsIn a multiethnic Asian mother-offspring cohort in Singapore, anthropometric measures (weight, length, abdominal circumference, skinfold thicknesses) were measured using standardized protocols in newborn infants, and anthropometric indices (weight/length, weight/length
resultsStudy neonates (n=251) had a mean (s.d.) age of 10.2 (2.5) days. Correlations between ADP-based fat mass (ADP
conclusionsSimple anthropometric measures (weight and weight/length) correlated strongly with neonatal adiposity, with some evidence for greater discriminative power for skinfold measures. These simple measures could be of value in large epidemiological studies.
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