ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2018
Validity of Body Mass Index as a Measure of Adiposity in Infancy.
Article in The Journal of pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00412074 (Establishing the Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Establishing the Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- An assessment of methods for measuring body composition in full-term infants: A systematic review.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- Vitamin D supplementation for term breastfed infants to prevent vitamin D deficiency and improve bone health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- GWAS on longitudinal growth traits reveals different genetic factors influencing infant, child, and adult BMI.Science advances · 2019Pooled it
- Genome-wide mapping of common and rare variant effects on adiposity across childhood.Nature genetics · 2026Article
- A Bayesian multilevel joint model for predicting neonatal head circumference and body mass index: a case study in Dalahu County, Iran.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- A machine learning approach to using ultrasound for body composition and nutritional status assessment in newborns: a pilot study protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Identification of preschool children's physical fitness phenotypes and their association with multidimensional body shape indicators: a data-driven approach with risk prediction modeling.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Enhancing Newborn Health Assessment: Ultrasound-based Body Composition Prediction Using Deep Learning Techniques.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2026Article
- Lipid pathways connecting maternal BMI with infant obesity risk.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Pharmacokinetics and Childhood Obesity: Pathophysiological Basis and Challenges in Choosing the Ideal Body Size Descriptor.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Independent and joint effects of neighborhood-level environmental and socioeconomic exposures on body mass index in early childhood: The environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) cohort.Environmental research · 2024Article
- Infant body composition: A comprehensive overview of assessment techniques, nutrition factors, and health outcomes.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2023Review
- Development and validation of anthropometric-based fat-mass prediction equations using air displacement plethysmography in Mexican infants.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- National, longitudinal NASCITA birth cohort study: prevalence of overweight at 12 months of age in children born healthy.BMJ paediatrics open · 2023Article
- Metagenomic analysis reveals associations between salivary microbiota and body composition in early childhood.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Anthropometry-based prediction of body composition in early infancy compared to air-displacement plethysmography.Pediatric obesity · 2021Article
- Examination of the '5-2-1-0' Recommendations in Racially Diverse Young Children Exposed to Tobacco Smoke.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2021Article
- Integrating anthropometric and cardiometabolic health methods in stress, early experiences, and development (SEED) science.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Review
- Increased Adiposity Associated With Increased Length of Stay for Infants With Bronchiolitis.Hospital pediatrics · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the validity of body mass index (BMI) and age- and sex-standardized BMI z-score (BMIZ) as surrogates for adiposity (body fat percentage [BF%], fat mass, and fat mass index [kg/m STUDY
designWe performed a secondary analysis of 447 full-term infants in a previous trial of maternal vitamin D supplementation during lactation. Study staff measured infant anthropometrics and assessed body composition with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at 1, 4, and 7 months of age. We calculated Spearman correlations (r
resultsInfants (N = 447) were 52% male, 38% white, 31% black, and 29% Hispanic. The BMIZ was moderately correlated with BF% (r
conclusionsBMIZ is moderately correlated with adiposity in infancy. Changes in BMIZ are a poor indicator of adiposity changes in later infancy. BMI and BMIZ are limited as surrogates for adiposity and especially adiposity changes in infancy.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00412074.
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