TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial differences in growth rates and body composition of infants born preterm
AU - Jerome, Maggie
AU - Chandler-Laney, Paula
AU - Affuso, Olivia
AU - Li, Peng
AU - Salas, Ariel A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Objective: To evaluate racial disparities in weight gain velocity and body composition among preterm infants. Study design: This observational study analyzed race differences in fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass (FM), percent body fat (%BF), and weight gain at discharge of infants born at 25–32 weeks of gestation. Results: No racial differences in FFM, FM and %BF measurements were found between black and white preterm infants after adjusting for birth weight, gestational age, and the presence/absence of breastfeeding (n = 143). Black infants born preterm had lower birthweights and higher weight gain from birth to discharge in unadjusted and adjusted models (13 ± 3 vs. 11 ± 3 g/kg/day; <0.001). Conclusion: Black infants had higher weight gain from birth to discharge, but comparable body composition measurements at discharge. More research is needed to understand contributing factors and long-term implications of this finding.
AB - Objective: To evaluate racial disparities in weight gain velocity and body composition among preterm infants. Study design: This observational study analyzed race differences in fat-free mass (FFM), fat mass (FM), percent body fat (%BF), and weight gain at discharge of infants born at 25–32 weeks of gestation. Results: No racial differences in FFM, FM and %BF measurements were found between black and white preterm infants after adjusting for birth weight, gestational age, and the presence/absence of breastfeeding (n = 143). Black infants born preterm had lower birthweights and higher weight gain from birth to discharge in unadjusted and adjusted models (13 ± 3 vs. 11 ± 3 g/kg/day; <0.001). Conclusion: Black infants had higher weight gain from birth to discharge, but comparable body composition measurements at discharge. More research is needed to understand contributing factors and long-term implications of this finding.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41372-021-01305-1
DO - 10.1038/s41372-021-01305-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 35067675
AN - SCOPUS:85123504346
SN - 0743-8346
VL - 42
SP - 385
EP - 388
JO - Journal of Perinatology
JF - Journal of Perinatology
IS - 3
ER -