Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jun;117(6):1262-1269. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.02.012. Epub 2023 May 11.
Body composition assessment in the first 2 y of life provides important insights into child nutrition and health. The application and interpretation of body composition data in infants and young children have been challenged by a lack of global reference data.
We aimed to develop body composition reference charts of infants aged 0-6 mo based on air displacement plethysmography (ADP) and those aged 3-24 mo based on total body water (TBW) by deuterium dilution (DD).
Body composition was assessed by ADP in infants aged 0-6 mo from Australia, India, and South Africa. TBW using DD was assessed for infants aged 3-24 mo from Brazil, Pakistan, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. Reference charts and centiles were constructed for body composition using the lambda-mu-sigma method.
Sex-specific reference charts were produced for FM index (FMI), FFM index (FFMI), and percent FM (%FM) for infants aged 0-6 mo (n = 470 infants; 1899 observations) and 3-24 mo (n = 1026 infants; 3690 observations). When compared with other available references, there were observable differences but similar patterns in the trajectories of FMI, FFMI, and %FM.
These reference charts will strengthen the interpretation and understanding of body composition in infants across the first 24 mo of life.
生命最初 2 年的人体成分评估可深入了解儿童营养和健康状况。由于缺乏全球参考数据,婴儿和幼儿的人体成分数据的应用和解释一直受到挑战。
我们旨在根据空气置换体积描记法(ADP)制定 0-6 月龄婴儿的人体成分参考图表,并根据氘稀释法(DD)测定的全身水量(TBW)制定 3-24 月龄婴儿的人体成分参考图表。
采用 ADP 对来自澳大利亚、印度和南非的 0-6 月龄婴儿进行人体成分评估,采用 DD 对来自巴西、巴基斯坦、南非和斯里兰卡的 3-24 月龄婴儿进行 TBW 评估。采用 lambda-mu-sigma 方法构建人体成分的 FM 指数(FMI)、FFM 指数(FFMI)和 FM%(%FM)参考图表和百分位数。
为 0-6 月龄(n = 470 名婴儿;1899 次观测)和 3-24 月龄(n = 1026 名婴儿;3690 次观测)婴儿分别生成了 FM 指数(FMI)、FFM 指数(FFMI)和 FM%(%FM)的性别特异性参考图表。与其他现有参考值相比,FMI、FFMI 和%FM 的轨迹存在可观察到的差异,但模式相似。
这些参考图表将加强对婴儿生命最初 24 个月期间人体成分的解释和理解。