title: A longitudinal study of total body potassium in normal breastfed and bottle-fed infants.
abstract: In a previous publication we predicted that growth as measured by 40K is best described by comparison of the semilog function of total body potassium (TBK) vs. length with a slope that differs in infants from that of children aged 3-18 years. Data for 84 infants having three or more measurements during the first year of life attest to this hypothesis, with a regression line for TBK and length: loge K, g = -0.265 + 0.04112 length in centimeters.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000032:analysis*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D011188:Potassium