Skinfold measurements at birth: sex and anthropometric influence.
Weight, length, and skinfold thicknesses were measured in 4634 term and preterm neonates. Sex and weight/length ratio were important determinants of the amount and distribution of the subcutaneous fat store at birth. Gestational age, weight, length, and other ponderal indices did not explain subcutaneous fat variability.
Rodríguez
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G
Departmento de Pediatría, University of Zaragoza, C/Domingo Miral s/n, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain. gereva@comz.org
Samper
M P
MP
Olivares
J L
JL
Ventura
P
P
Moreno
L A
LA
Pérez-González
J M
JM
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D001724:Birth Weight; D001823:Body Composition; D001827:Body Height; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012885:Skinfold Thickness