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
- Conditions
- Healthy, former single newborns
- Registration Number
- DRKS00025418
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Tübingen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 92
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
Missing written consent of parents or children/adolescents
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method From the body composition: fat-free mass, fat mass, body fat percentage (Measurement of body composition by using Air displacement plethysmography (ADP))
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method •Anthropometric measurements, BMI, skinfold thickness measurement.<br>•From actimetry: nocturnal wakefulness, sleep variability, longest continuous night sleep, resting activity patterns and circadian activity rhythms.<br>