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SUBMITTER: Maple-Brown LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4121661 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maple-Brown L J LJ Roman N M NM Thomas A A Presley L H LH Catalano P M PM
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 20130912 12
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine changes in skinfolds in late gestation in healthy women.<h4>Study design</h4>Skinfold measures were performed in 39 women at 30.8 (mean) and 37.7 weeks gestation. Fat mass (kg) and sum of three skinfolds were calculated.<h4>Results</h4>A decrease in skinfold thickness was observed in 21 women (-3.1±2.1 mm) in late gestation, whereas 18 women had an increase (4.3±3.2 mm), P<0.001. The group of women who lost body fat (decrease in skinfold thickness) had a trend toward ...[more]