ReviewMaternal health, neonatology and perinatology2018
Air displacement plethysmography (pea pod) in full-term and pre-term infants: a comprehensive review of accuracy, reproducibility, and practical challenges.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Body composition in preterm infants: a systematic review on measurement methods.Pediatric research · 2023Pooled it
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- Gestational diabetes detection thresholds and infant growth, nutrition, and neurodevelopment at 12-18 months: a prospective cohort study within a randomized trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Trial
- Postnatal Steroids in Preterm Infants: A Narrative Review Series-Part 3: Impacts on Growth, Neurodevelopment & Nutrition.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Freeze-Dried Donor Milk for Fortification of Mother's Own Milk in Preterm Infants: A Preliminary Observational Study.Nutrients · 2025Observational
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- Evaluation of Maternal Factors Affecting Postpartum Insulin Resistance Markers in Mothers with Gestational Diabetes-A Case-Control Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- Integrated growth assessment in the first 1000 d of life: an interdisciplinary conceptual framework.Public health nutrition · 2023Review
- Targeting Sarcopenia as an Objective Clinical Outcome in the Care of Children with Spinal Cord-Related Paralysis: A Clinician's View.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Impacts of Single Preterm Human Donor Milk Compared to Mother's Own Milk on Growth and Body Composition.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Body composition measurement for the preterm neonate: using a clinical utility framework to translate research tools into clinical care.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2022Review
- Prenatal exposure to tobacco and adverse birth outcomes: effect modification by folate intake during pregnancy.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2022Article
- Valuing the Diversity of Research Methods to Advance Nutrition Science.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
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- Body Composition Assessment by Air-Displacement Plethysmography Compared to Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry in Full-Term and Preterm Aged Three to Five Years.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Anthropometrics and fat mass, but not fat-free mass, are compromised in infants requiring parenteral nutrition after neonatal intestinal surgery.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Preterm birth and metabolic implications on later life: A narrative review focused on body composition.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
- Prediction of fat-free mass in a multi-ethnic cohort of infants using bioelectrical impedance: Validation against the PEA POD.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Early weight gain trajectories and body composition in infancy in infants born very preterm.Pediatric obesity · 2021Article
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Abstract
Air displacement plethysmography (ADP) has been widely utilised to track body composition because it is considered to be practical, reliable, and valid. Pea Pod is the infant version of ADP that accommodates infants up to the age of 6 months and has been widely utilised to assess the body composition of full-term infants, and more recently pre-term infants. The primary goal of this comprehensive review is to 1) discuss the accuracy/reproducibility of Pea Pod in both full- and pre-term infants, 2) highlight and discuss practical challenges and potential sources of measurement errors in relation to Pea Pod operating principles, and 3) make suggestions for future research direction to overcome the identified limitations.
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