Preterm infants of lower gestational age at birth have greater waist circumference-length ratio and ponderal index at term age than preterm infants of higher gestational ages

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Stokes, Theophil A ^a,b   Holston, Alexander ^b,d   Olsen, Cara ^c   Choi, Young ^b,e   Curtis, Jerri ^b   Higginson, Jason ^a,b   Enright, Leah ^a   Adimora, Chinenye ^a   Hunt, Carl E ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^e WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE TO LENGTH RATIO; WEIGHT INDEX;

EID: 84866737048     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.03.023     Document Type: Article

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