Bone, lean and fat mass of newborn twins versus singletons
| Autor: | Winston W. K. Koo, Elaine M. Hockman, Sergio Demarini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Percentile Birth weight Twins Body Mass Index Absorptiometry Photon Bone Density Internal medicine medicine Humans reproductive and urinary physiology business.industry Obstetrics Singleton Infant Newborn Repeated measures design General Medicine Anthropometry medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Endocrinology Case-Control Studies Infant Small for Gestational Age Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Body Composition Lean body mass Small for gestational age Gestation Female business |
| Zdroj: | Acta Paediatrica. 95:594-599 |
| ISSN: | 0803-5253 |
| Popis: | Aim: Twin gestations are associated with disturbed fetal growth. The aim of this study was to compare body composition measurements of twins to those of singletons. Methods: Anthropometric and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measurements were performed in twins and in matched singleton neonates. There were 48 pairs of twins in which 76 infants were appropriate for gestational age (AGA) with birth weights between the 10th and 90th percentile and 20 were small for gestational age (SGA) with birth weights |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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