Influence of gestational and perinatal factors on body composition of full-term newborns.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the influence of gestational and perinatal factors on body composition and birth weight of full-term newborns.

Method

This was a cross-sectional study, within a prospective cohort, consisting of 124 postpartum women and their newborns. Data included the following: maternal age; ethnicity; pre-gestational body mass index; gestational weight gain; parity; gestational morbidities (hypertension and gestational diabetes mellitus); gestational age at birth; birth weight; and newborn's gender. Anthropometric and body composition data of the newborns were collected using air-displacement plethysmography (PeaPod® Infant Body Composition System-LMI; Concord, CA, USA). The stepwise technique was applied to a multiple linear regression model.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Nehab SRG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432018 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature