Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Low and high birth weight and rapid weight gain during infancy are associated with childhood obesity. Associations of birth and infancy body composition (BC) growth with childhood BC remain unknown in low-income countries. We aimed to investigate the associations of fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) at birth and its accretion during early infancy with FM and FFM at the age of 4 years.

Methods

In the infant Anthropometry and Body Composition (iABC) cohort, BC was assessed at six consecutive time points from birth to 6 months and at 4 years of age by air displacement plethysmography. Multiple linear regression models were used to determine the association between FM and FFM at birth and their accretion rates during infancy and FM index (FMI) and FFM i

SUBMITTER: Admassu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6127223 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature