Infant anthropometry and body composition in Ethiopia

Conditions

Neonatal and infant fat and lean mass Pregnancy and Childbirth Neonatal fat and lean mass

Megersa BS, Andersen GS, Abera M, Abdissa A, Zinab B, Ali R, Admassu B, Kedir E, Nitsch D, Filteau S, Girma T, Yilma D, Wells JC, Friis H, Wibaek R.

2024-03-073 citations

10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.004

Associations of weight and body composition at birth with body composition and cardiometabolic markers in children aged 10 y: the Ethiopian infant anthropometry and body composition birth cohort study.

Megersa BS, Zinab B, Ali R, Kedir E, Girma T, Berhane M, Admassu B, Friis H, Abera M, Olsen MF, Filteau S, Nitsch D, Yilma D, Wells JC, Andersen GS, Wibaek R.

2023-06-14

10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.06.010

Body mass index trajectories in early childhood in relation to cardiometabolic risk profile and body composition at 5 years of age.

Wibaek R, Vistisen D, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Mudie K, Kæstel P, Jørgensen ME, Wells JCK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS.

2019-11-0136 citations

10.1093/ajcn/nqz170

Higher Weight and Weight Gain after 4 Years of Age Rather than Weight at Birth Are Associated with Adiposity, Markers of Glucose Metabolism, and Blood Pressure in 5-Year-Old Ethiopian Children.

Wibaek R, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Geto Z, Kæstel P, Vistisen D, Jørgensen ME, Wells JCK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS.

2019-10-013 citations

10.1093/jn/nxz121

Accretion of Fat-Free Mass Rather Than Fat Mass in Infancy Is Positively Associated with Linear Growth in Childhood.

Admassu B, Ritz C, Wells JCK, Girma T, Andersen GS, Belachew T, Owino V, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kæstel P.

2018-04-0122 citations

10.1093/jn/nxy003

Midupper arm circumference and weight-for-length z scores have different associations with body composition: evidence from a cohort of Ethiopian infants.

Grijalva-Eternod CS, Wells JC, Girma T, Kæstel P, Admassu B, Friis H, Friis H, Andersen GS.

2015-07-2921 citations

10.3945/ajcn.114.106419

Body composition from birth to 6 mo of age in Ethiopian infants: reference data obtained by air-displacement plethysmography.

Andersen GS, Girma T, Wells JC, Kæstel P, Leventi M, Hother AL, Michaelsen KF, Friis H.

2013-08-2851 citations

10.3945/ajcn.113.063032

Interventions

Neonatal and infant body composition is measured using infant air displacement plethysmography (PeaPod, Life Measurement, Inc). On a subsample of 120 individuals infant body composition is measured us

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant mother aged between 15 - 45 years 2. Currently living in Jimma town 3. Planning to stay in Jimma town for at least 6 months after birth 4. Consent is given 5. Children are between 0 - 6 months of age

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Birth weight less than 1500 g 2. Congenital malformation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fat and lean mass at birth, 6-, 10-, 14-, 18- and 26 weeks of age, measured with infant air displacement plethymography and deuterium dilution (in a sub-sample)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anthropometry and self-reported (by the mother) morbidity at birth, 6-, 10-, 14-, 18- and 26 weeks of age	—

Countries

Denmark, Ethiopia

Outcome results

None listed