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Upper Arm Anthropometry Is Not a Valid Predictor of Regional Body Composition in Preterm Infants
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira-da-Silva, L | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abecassis, F | |
| dc.contributor.author | Virella, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Videira-Amaral, J | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-12T14:27:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-12T14:27:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Upper arm anthropometry has been used in the nutritional assessment of small infants, but it has not yet been validated as a predictor of regional body composition in this population. Objective: Validation of measured and derived upper arm anthropometry as a predictor of arm fat and fat-free compartments in preterm infants. Methods: Upper arm anthropometry, including the upper arm cross-sectional areas, was compared individually or in combination with other anthropometric measurements, with the cross-sectional arm areas measured by magnetic resonance imaging, in a cohort of consecutive preterm appropriate-for-gestationalage neonates, just before discharge. Results: Thirty infants born with (mean 8 SD) a gestational age of 30.7 8 1.9 weeks and birth weight of 1,380 8 325 g, were assessed at 35.4 8 1.1 weeks of corrected gestational age, weighing 1,785 8 93 g. None of the anthropometric measurements are reliable predictors (r 2 ! 0.56) of the measurements obtained by magnetic resonance imaging, individually or in combination with other anthropometric measurements. Conclusion: Both measured anthropometry and derived upper arm anthropometry are inaccurate predictors of regional body composition in preterm appropriate-for-gestational-age infants. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Neonatology. 2009;95:74–79 | por |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/126 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.publisher | Karger | por |
| dc.subject | Antropometria | por |
| dc.subject | Membro Superior | por |
| dc.subject | Ressonância Magnética | por |
| dc.subject | Recém-Nascido | por |
| dc.subject | HDE UCI NEO | |
| dc.title | Upper Arm Anthropometry Is Not a Valid Predictor of Regional Body Composition in Preterm Infants | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 79 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 74 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Neonatology | por |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |