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Associations of Infant Subcutaneous Fat Mass with Total and Abdominal Fat Mass at School-Age: The Generation R Study.

Title: Associations of Infant Subcutaneous Fat Mass with Total and Abdominal Fat Mass at School-Age: The Generation R Study.

Authors: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
Published: 2016
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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol

Subcutaneous fat in infancy is positively associated with total and abdominal fat at school-age. These results also suggest that skinfold thicknesses add little value to estimate later life body fat, as compared with body mass index.

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Citation: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2016 Sep;30(5):511-20. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12307. Epub 2016 May 26.