title: Body composition in young children with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: Malnutrition in cystic fibrosis is an indication of poor prognosis and measurement of body composition may aid in identifying those at risk of poor clinical outcome. There is growing evidence of patients with cystic fibrosis having high fat and/or low fat-free mass which is likely to affect prognosis. Simple body composition techniques are based on assumptions about the nature of the fat-free mass and may therefore be biased; however, these techniques may be helpful in identifying children with high fat or low fat-free mass. The 'gold standard' 4-component model of body composition allows for more accurate assessment of fat mass and the components of fat-free mass.
authors: Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK. jane.williams@ucl.ac.uk
authors: Jane E
authors: JE
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology