Journal article
Body fat in neonates and young infants: validation of skinfold thickness versus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry 1 , 2 , 3
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is an interest in noninvasive measurement of body fat in newborns and infants. Measurement of skinfold thickness (SFT) is a simple clinical method.
OBJECTIVE: We correlated fat mass (FM) values of neonates and infants predicted from SFT measurements and compared them with FM values measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), a validated in vivo method for determining body fat.
Authors
Schmelzle HR; Fusch C
Journal
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 1096–1100
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2002
DOI
10.1093/ajcn/76.5.1096
ISSN
0002-9165