Open AccessWeight/length ratio references and newborn body composition estimation at birth from a Brazilian cohort
Author(s) -
Carlos Grandi,
Lívia dos Santos Rodrigues,
Davi Casale Aragon,
Fábio Carmona,
Viviane Cunha Cardoso
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jornal de pediatria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4782
pISSN - 0021-7557
DOI - 10.1016/j.jped.2020.12.004
Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , cohort , composition (language) , zoology , gestational age , birth weight , pediatrics , demography , pregnancy , statistics , mathematics , biology , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , sociology
The objective was to calculate weight/length (W/L) ratio values and percentiles by sex and gestational age (GA) to estimate fat mass (FM), fat-free mass (FFM) and body fat percentage (BF%) as well as to compare these indices in preterm, small (SGA), and large (LGA) for GA, stunted and wasted infants from a Brazilian cohort of newborns, comparing with the INTERGROWTH-21st.