Ultrasound Estimates of Visceral and Subcutaneous-Abdominal Adipose Tissues in Infancy

Table 1

Infants characteristics in the Cambridge Baby Growth Study with ultrasound measures at 3 months, 12 months and both at 3 and 12 months¹.

	US at 3 months only		US at 12 months only		US at 3 and 12 months
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
	𝑛=67	𝑛=60	𝑛=108	𝑛=100	𝑛=187	𝑛=173
Birth
Gestational age at birth (weeks)	39.6±1.4	39.9±1.2	39.8±1.8	39.9±1.1	39.8±1.5	39.7±1.6
Weight (kg)	3.5±0.5	3.4±0.5	3.5±0.6	3.4±0.4	3.5±0.5	3.4±0.5
Length (cm)	51.7±2.4	51.0±2.8	51.5±2.2	51.0±2.1	51.7±2.8	51.7±2.8
Ponderal index (kg/m^3)	25.3±3.2	26.0±2.7	26.0±3.6	26.0±3.2	25.6±3.2	25.9±3.1
Sum of skinfolds (cm)	2.5±0.6	2.5±0.6	2.4±0.5	2.5±0.6	2.4±0.6	2.5±0.6

¹Data are means (±standard deviations).
US: ultrasound.