Body mass index is a better indicator of body composition than weight-for-length at age 1 month

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dc.contributor.authorRoy, S. M.
dc.contributor.authorFields, D .A.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, J. A.
dc.contributor.authorHawkes, Colin P.
dc.contributor.authorKelly, A.
dc.contributor.authorWu, G. D.
dc.contributor.authorDeRusso, P. A.
dc.contributor.authorElovitz, M. A.
dc.contributor.authorFord, E.
dc.contributor.authorDrigo, D.
dc.contributor.authorZemel, B. S.
dc.contributor.authorMcCormack, S. E.
dc.contributor.funderEndocrine Societyen
dc.contributor.funderNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseasesen
dc.contributor.funderNational Institutes of Healthen
dc.contributor.funderChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphiaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-27T10:52:17Z
dc.date.available2022-01-27T10:52:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractObjective: To assess whether body mass index (BMI) provides a better assessment of measured adiposity at age 1 month compared with weight-for-length (WFL). Study design: Participants were healthy term-born infants in the Infant Growth and Microbiome (n = 146) and the Baby Peas (n = 147) studies. Length, weight, and body composition by air displacement plethysmography were measured at 1 month. World Health Organization-based WFL and BMI z-scores were calculated. Within-cohort z-scores of percent fat-Z, fat mass-Z, fat mass/length 2 -Z, fat mass/length 3 -Z, fat-free mass-Z, and fat-free mass/length 2 -Z were calculated. Correlation and multiple linear regression (adjusted for birth weight) analyses tested the associations between body composition outcomes and BMI-Z vs WFL-Z. Quantile regression was used to test the stability of these associations across the distribution of body compositions. Results: The sample was 52% female and 56% African American. Accounting for birth weight, both BMI-Z and WFL-Z were strongly associated with fat mass-Z (coefficients 0.56 and 0.35, respectively), FM/L 2 -Z (0.73 and 0.51), and FM/L 3 -Z (0.79 and 0.58), with stronger associations for BMI-Z compared with WFL-Z (P <.05). Even after accounting statistically for birth weight, BMI-Z was persistently more strongly associated than WFL-Z with body composition outcomes across the distribution of body composition outcomes. Conclusions: We demonstrate in 2 distinct cohorts that BMI is a better indicator of adiposity in early infancy compared with WFL. Our findings support the preferred use of BMI for growth and nutritional status assessment in infancy. © 2018 Elsevier Inc.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (2T32DK063688; 5K12DK094723; 1K23DK102659; National Institutes of Health (K01 HL123612; R01 DK107565; UL1TR001878); The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Healthy Weight Program)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRoy, S. M., Fields, D. A., Mitchell, J. A., Hawkes, C. P., Kelly, A., Wu, G. D., DeRusso, P. A., Elovitz, M. A., Ford, E., Drigo, D. and Zemel, B. S. (2019) ‘Body mass index is a better indicator of body composition than weight-for-length at age 1 month’, Journal of Pediatrics, 204, pp.77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.007en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.007
dc.identifier.endpage83
dc.identifier.issn0022-3476
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Pediatricsen
dc.identifier.startpage77
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12487
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMosby Inc.en
dc.rights© 2018, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectAdiposityen
dc.subjectAir displacement plethysmographyen
dc.subjectInfancyen
dc.subjectInfanten
dc.subjectObesityen
dc.titleBody mass index is a better indicator of body composition than weight-for-length at age 1 monthen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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