ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2019
Body Mass Index Is a Better Indicator of Body Composition than Weight-for-Length at Age 1 Month.
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- A review of infant growth and psychomotor developmental outcomes after intrauterine exposure to preeclampsia.BMC pediatrics · 2022Review
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- Distinct maternal microbiota clusters are associated with diet during pregnancy: impact on neonatal microbiota and infant growth during the first 18 months of life.Gut microbes · 2020Article
- WHO infant and young child feeding indicators in relation to anthropometric measurements.Public health nutrition · 2020Observational
- The interactive effect of pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on the weight status in infancy.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- BMI Is a Poor Predictor of Nutritional Status in Disabled Children. What Is the Most Recommended Method for Body Composition Assessment in This Pediatric Population?Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether body mass index (BMI) provides a better assessment of measured adiposity at age 1 month compared with weight-for-length (WFL). STUDY
designParticipants were healthy term-born infants in the Infant Growth and Microbiome (n = 146) and the Baby Peas (n = 147) studies. Length, weight, and body composition by air displacement plethysmography were measured at 1 month. World Health Organization-based WFL and BMI z-scores were calculated. Within-cohort z-scores of percent fat-Z, fat mass-Z, fat mass/length
resultsThe sample was 52% female and 56% African American. Accounting for birth weight, both BMI-Z and WFL-Z were strongly associated with fat mass-Z (coefficients 0.56 and 0.35, respectively), FM/L
conclusionsWe demonstrate in 2 distinct cohorts that BMI is a better indicator of adiposity in early infancy compared with WFL. Our findings support the preferred use of BMI for growth and nutritional status assessment in infancy.
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