An Evaluation of the Pea Pod System for Assessing Body Composition of Moderately Premature Infants.
Nutrients
; 8(4): 238, 2016 Apr 22.
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(1) BACKGROUND: Assessing the quality of growth in premature infants is important in order to be able to provide them with optimal nutrition. The Pea Pod device, based on air displacement plethysmography, is able to assess body composition of infants. However, this method has not been sufficiently evaluated in premature infants; (2) METHODS: In 14 infants in an age range of 3-7 days, born after 32-35 completed weeks of gestation, body weight, body volume, fat-free mass density (predicted by the Pea Pod software), and total body water (isotope dilution) were assessed. Reference estimates of fat-free mass density and body composition were obtained using a three-component model; (3) RESULTS: Fat-free mass density values, predicted using Pea Pod, were biased but not significantly (p > 0.05) different from reference estimates. Body fat (%), assessed using Pea Pod, was not significantly different from reference estimates. The biological variability of fat-free mass density was 0.55% of the average value (1.0627 g/mL); (4) CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the Pea Pod system is accurate for groups of newborn, moderately premature infants. However, more studies where this system is used for premature infants are needed, and we provide suggestions regarding how to develop this area.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Composición Corporal
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Recien Nacido Prematuro
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Antropometría
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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En
Revista:
Nutrients
Año:
2016
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Article
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Suecia
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Suiza