Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: a multicenter international study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate assessment of body composition during infancy is an important marker of early growth. This study aimed to develop anthropometric models to predict body composition in 3-24-month-old infants from diverse socioeconomic settings and ethnic groups.

Methods

An observational, longitudinal, prospective, multi-country study of infants from 3 to 24 months with body composition assessed at three monthly intervals using deuterium dilution (DD) and anthropometry. Linear mixed modelling was utilized to generate sex-specific fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) prediction equations, using length(m), weight-for-length (kg/m), triceps and subscapular skinfolds and South Asian ethnicity as variables. The study sample consisted of 1896 (942 measurements from 310 girls) tr

SUBMITTER: Wickramasinghe VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537960 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature