Novel noninvasive anthropometric measure in preterm and full-term infants: Normative values for waist circumference:length ratio at birth

Pediatric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 299-306

  Holston, Alexander ^a   Stokes, Theophil ^b   Olsen, Cara ^c   Choi, Y Sammy ^d   Curtis, Jerri ^b   Higginson, Jason ^b   Adimora, Chinenye ^b   Hunt, Carl E ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84883709748     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.109     Document Type: Article

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