biostudies-literatureSantos SEuropean Research CouncilDutch Research Council (NWO)Erasmus Universiteit RotterdamSeventh Framework ProgrammeZonMw511-20https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5496673biostudies-literatureUnknown30(5)<h4>Background</h4>Skinfold thickness enables the measurement of overall and regional subcutaneous fatness in infancy and may be associated with total and abdominal body fat in later childhood. We examined the associations of subcutaneous fat in infancy with total and abdominal fat at school-age.<h4>Methods</h4>In a population-based prospective cohort study among 821 children, we calculated total subcutaneous fat (sum of biceps, triceps, suprailiacal, and subscapular skinfold thicknesses) and central-to-total subcutaneous fat ratio (sum of suprailiacal and subscapular skinfold thicknesses/total subcutaneous fat) at 1.5 and 24 months. At 6 years, we measured fat mass index (total fat/height(3) ), central-to-total fat ratio (trunk fat/total fat), and android-to-gynoid fat ratio (android fat/Paediatric and perinatal epidemiologyAssociations of Infant Subcutaneous Fat Mass with Total and Abdominal Fat Mass at School-Age: The Generation R Study.PMC5496673FP7/2007‐2013648916VIDI 016.136.361ERC‐2014‐CoG‐648916Santos Svan der Beek EMGaillard RBarros HOliveira AHofman AJaddoe VWAbrahamse-Berkeveld MfalseAssociations of Infant Subcutaneous Fat Mass with Total and Abdominal Fat Mass at School-Age: The Generation R Study.<h4>Background</h4>Skinfold thickness enables the measurement of overall and regional subcutaneous fatness in infancy and may be associated with total and abdominal body fat in later childhood. We examined the associations of subcutaneous fat in infancy with total and abdominal fat at school-age.<h4>Methods</h4>In a population-based prospective cohort study among 821 children, we calculated total subcutaneous fat (sum of biceps, triceps, suprailiacal, and subscapular skinfold thicknesses) and central-to-total subcutaneous fat ratio (sum of suprailiacal and subscapular skinfold thicknesses/total subcutaneous fat) at 1.5 and 24 months. At 6 years, we measured fat mass index (total fat/height(3) ), central-to-total fat ratio (trunk fat/total fat), and android-to-gynoid fat ratio (android fat/2016-01-01T00:00:00Z2016 Sep2025-04-04T00:47:10.286Z2019-03-27T02:49:24ZS-EPMC54966732722533510.1111/ppe.12307