Methods to Assess Fat Mass in Infants and Young Children: A Comparative Study Using Skinfold Thickness and Air-Displacement Plethysmography.

ABSTRACT: Traditionally, fat mass is estimated using anthropometric models. Air-displacement plethysmography (ADP) is a relatively new technique for determining fat mass. There is limited information on the agreement between these methods in infants and young children. Therefore we aimed to longitudinally compare fat mass percentage values predicted from skinfold thicknesses (SFTs) and ADP in healthy infants and young children. Anthropometry and body composition were determined at the ages of 1, 4, and 6 months and 2 years. We quantified the agreement between the two methods using the Bland-Altman procedure, linear mixed-model analysis, and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). During the first 6 months of life, fat mass% predicted with SFT was significantly different from that measured with A

SUBMITTER: Kouwenhoven SMP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7909249 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature