Percent Body Fat Content Measured by Plethysmography in Infants Randomized to High- or Usual-Volume Feeding after Very Preterm Birth

J Pediatr. 2021 Mar:230:251-254.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.11.028. Epub 2020 Nov 25.

Abstract

We measured percent body fat by air-displacement plethysmography in 86 infants born at <32 weeks of gestation randomized to receive either high-volume (180-200 mL/kg/day) or usual volume feeding (140-160 mL/kg/day). High-volume feeding increased percent body fat by ≤2% at 36 weeks of postmenstrual age (within a predefined range of equivalence). TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClincialTrials.gov: NCT02377050.

Keywords: anthropometric measurements; body composition; body fat; clinical trial; neonatal adiposity; postnatal growth; premature infants.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / anatomy & histology*
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant Formula*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Male
  • Plethysmography
  • Premature Birth

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02377050