Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the Newborn Body Composition Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

<p>BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe newborn body composition and identify which anthropometric ratio (weight/length; BMI; or ponderal index, PI) best predicts fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM).</p> <p>METHODS: Air-displacement plethysmography (PEA POD) was used to estimate FM,...

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Main Authors:	Villar, J, Puglia, F, Fenton, T, Ismail, L, Staines-Urias, E, Giuliani, F, Ohuma, E, Victora, C, Sullivan, P, Barros, F, Lambert, A, Papageorghiou, A, Ochieng, R, Jaffer, Y, Altman, D, Noble, A, Gravett, M, Purwar, M, Pang, R, Uauy, R, Kennedy, S, Bhutta, Z
Format:	Journal article
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2017

Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the Newborn Body Composition Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project

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