Body composition in children using air displacement plethysmography. Establishment of reference values at the age of 6-7 years as a section of a planned longitudinal cohort study

Body composition in children using air displacement plethysmography. Establishment of reference values at the age of 6-7 years as a section of a planned longitudinal cohort study - BodPod control group

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00025418

Enrollment

150

Registered

2021-06-14

Start date

2021-05-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Healthy, former single newborns

Interventions

Group 1: former healthy term newborn aged 6-7 years, one measurement at the age of 6-7 years.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

6 Years to 7 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Infants whose body composition was measured between 6/2014-7/2015 as formerly full-term singleton newborns as part of a reference group for the determination of normal values by means of air displacement plethysmography (ADP) in the neonatology department in Tübingen - knowledge of german language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Missing written consent of parents or children/adolescents

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
From the body composition: fat-free mass, fat mass, body fat percentage (Measurement of body composition by using Air displacement plethysmography (ADP))	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
• Anthropometric measurements, BMI, skinfold thickness measurement. • From actimetry: nocturnal wakefulness, sleep variability, longest continuous night sleep, resting activity patterns and circadian activity rhythms.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactCornelia Wiechers

Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Abteilung Neonatologie

Cornelia.Wiechers@med.uni-tuebingen.de07071-2980898

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026