Infant weight growth velocity patterns and general and abdominal adiposity in school-age children. The Generation R Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The objective of this study was to examine the association of individually derived infant weight growth velocity patterns with general and abdominal adiposity measures in childhood.

Subjects/methods

In a population-based prospective cohort study among 5126 children, we used repeated growth measurements between 0 and 3 years of age to derive peak weight velocity (PWV), age at adiposity peak (AGEAP) and body mass index at adiposity peak (BMIAP). At the median age of 6.0 years (95% range 5.7, 6.8), we estimated body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, android/gynoid fat mass ratio and pre-peritoneal abdominal fat area by using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and abdominal ultrasound.

Results

Higher infant PWV and BMIAP were associated with highe

SUBMITTER: Kruithof CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5427180 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature