Effect of sex and gestational age on neonatal body composition

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1105-1108

  Simon, Laure ^a   Borrego, Paula ^b   Darmaun, Dominique ^b   Legrand, Arnaud ^c   Rozé, Jean Christophe ^a,b,c   Chauty Frondas, Anne ^a,b,c  

^a Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fat mass; Lean body mass; Newborn infants; Preterm infants; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875046083     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002991     Document Type: Article

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