Newborn body composition and its relationship to linear growth
1977
Frisancho, A.R. | Klayman, J.E. | Matos, J.
Extract: Anthropometric measurements were made on 4,952 newborns from a Peruvian urban population. Newborns characterized by high subcutaneous fat and high muscle had significantly greater birthweights and recumbent lengths when compared to their counterparts with low subcutaneous fat and muscle. It is postulated that an increase in newborn protein and calorie reserves results in a greater increase in birthweight and recumbent length than an increase in calorie reserves alone. Evaluations of maternal anthropometric characteristics indicate that variations in birthweight and recumbent length of the newborn are affected more by maternal nutritional status than by maternal stature.
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