Influence of catch-up growth on abdominal fat distribution in very low birth weight children – cohort study
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João Guilherme Alves
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Sarita Amorim Vasconcelos
Abstract
Background/aims: A rapid catch-up growth in very low birth weight has been associated both with a higher height growth and a higher risk to metabolic disturbances, including insulin resistance and its consequences. Abdominal fat distribution in early postnatal life may play a role in these outcomes and can help in addressing this neonatal dilemma. This study aimed to compare abdominal fat distribution among very low birth weight (VLBW) children with and without rapid catch-up growth.
Materials and methods: A cohort study followed 86 VLBW (<1500) children born in Brazil, during the first 3 years of life. Rapid catch-up growth was considered as an increased in length >2 Z score during the first year of life. Abdominal subcutaneous and preperitoneal fat thickness was determined by ultrasound. χ2-Test and Student’s t-test were used to compare the groups.
Results: A total of 79 VLBW children completed the study, of whom 22 (27.8%) showed rapid catch-up growth. Abdominal subcutaneous and preperitoneal fat thickness showed no differences among children with or without rapid catch-up growth at 3.3 mm vs. 3.8 mm, respectively (p=0.79) and 4.0 mm vs. 4.0 mm (p=0.55), respectively. VLBW children with rapid catch-up growth were also taller.
Conclusions: Rapid catch-up growth during the first year of life in VLBW children does not seem to change abdominal fat distribution until the third year of life.
Acknowledgments
Sarita Amorim Vasconcelos was sponsored by Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica (PIBIC), FACEPE.
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- Frontmatter
- Highlight: Childhood Craniopharyngioma
- Selected papers from the 3rd International Multidisciplinary Postgraduate Course, April 24–27, 2014
- Childhood craniopharyngioma – current status and recent perspectives in diagnostics and treatment
- The importance of interdisciplinary communication with patients about complex, chronic illnesses: our experiences as parents of a child with a craniopharyngioma
- Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma: pathology, molecular genetics and mouse models
- Endocrine aspects and sequel in patients with craniopharyngioma
- Surgery for pediatric craniopharyngiomas: is less more?
- Eating behavior, weight problems and eating disorders in 101 long-term survivors of childhood-onset craniopharyngioma
- Carbohydrate-lipid profile and use of metformin with micronized fenofibrate in reducing metabolic consequences of craniopharyngioma treatment in children: single institution experience
- Effects of T3 treatment on brown adipose tissue and energy expenditure in a patient with craniopharyngioma and hypothalamic obesity
- Hypothalamic obesity after treatment for craniopharyngioma: the importance of the home environment
- Review article
- Association study of TAC3 and TACR3 gene polymorphisms with idiopathic precocious puberty in Chinese girls
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- A study of genes involved in adipocyte differentiation
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