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Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the newborn body composition study of the INTERGROWTH-21(st) project
BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe newborn body composition and identify which anthropometric ratio (weight/length; BMI; or ponderal index, PI) best predicts fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM). METHODS: Air-displacement plethysmography (PEA POD) was used to estimate FM, FFM, and body fat percentage...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28445454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pr.2017.52 |