Assessing newborn body composition using principal components analysis: differences in the determinants of fat and skeletal size

Assessing newborn body composition using principal components analysis: differences in the determinants of fat and skeletal size

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Birth weight is a composite of skeletal size and soft tissue. These components are likely to have different growth patterns. The aim of this paper is to investigate the association between established determinants of birth weight and...

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Main Authors: Powell Roy J, Knight Bridget A, Shields Beverley M, Hattersley Andrew T, Wright David E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/6/24

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