Is term newborn body composition being achieved postnatally in preterm infants?

• Published in: Early human development Vol. 85; no. 6; pp. 349 - 352
• Main Authors: Roggero, Paola, Giannì, Maria Lorella, Amato, Orsola, Orsi, Anna, Piemontese, Pasqua, Morlacchi, Laura, Mosca, Fabio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.06.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: Advanced Basic Science; Biological and medical sciences; Birth Weight; Body Composition; Embryology: invertebrates and vertebrates. Teratology; Fat mass; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature - growth & development; Longitudinal Studies; Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Preterm infants; Prospective Studies; Fat mass; Body composition; Preterm infants; Human; Newborn; Prematurity; Fat

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that preterm infants' growth duplicates fetal growth rates and that body composition replicates in utero body composition. To compare the total body fat mass between preterm infants assessed at term corrected age and full-term newborns, and to...