Impact of Early Nutrition on Body Composition in Children Aged 9.5 Years Born with Extremely Low Birth Weight

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 124
• Main Authors: Stutte, Sonja, Gohlke, Bettina, Peiler, Annika, Schreiner, Felix, Born, Mark, Bartmann, Peter, Woelfle, Joachim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 10.02.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Absorptiometry, Photon; Birth weight; Body Composition; Body fat; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body weight gain; Carbohydrates; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Cholesterol; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Cholesterol, LDL - blood; Diet; Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietary Proteins - administration & dosage; Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; early nutrition; Fasting; Female; Follow-Up Studies; High density lipoprotein; Humans; Infant; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Infant, Very Low Birth Weight - growth & development; Infants; Insulin; Insulin - blood; Laboratory testing; Lean body mass; Linear Models; Longitudinal Studies; Low birth weight; Male; Metabolism; Nutrients; Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Physical growth; preterm; Proteins; Retrospective Studies; Weight Gain; preterm; early nutrition; body composition

To evaluate body composition, metabolism and growth as well as their interaction with early nutrition in former extremely low birth weight infants (ELBW), we assessed qualitative and quantitative nutritional intake during initial hospitalization and infantile growth parameters in 61 former ELBW infa...