Percent Body Fat Content Measured by Plethysmography in Infants Randomized to High- or Usual-Volume Feeding after Very Preterm Birth

Ariel A. Salas, Colm P. Travers, Maggie L. Jerome, Paula Chandler-Laney, Waldemar A. Carlo

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Abstract

We measured percent body fat by air-displacement plethysmography in 86 infants born at <32 weeks of gestation randomized to receive either high-volume (180-200 mL/kg/day) or usual volume feeding (140-160 mL/kg/day). High-volume feeding increased percent body fat by ≤2% at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age (within a predefined range of equivalence). Trial registration: ClincialTrials.gov: NCT02377050.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)251-254.e3
JournalJournal of Pediatrics
Volume230
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • anthropometric measurements
  • body composition
  • body fat
  • clinical trial
  • neonatal adiposity
  • postnatal growth
  • premature infants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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