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

Table 5

Cross-sectional correlations between anthropometry¹ and abdominal ultrasound measures at 3 months (487 infants) and 12 months (495 infants). Data are Pearson’s coefficients.

	US-visceral depth		US-subcutaneous abdominal depth
	3 months	12 months	3 months	12 months
Anthropometry at 3 months
Weight SDS	0.02		0.31**
Length SDS	−0.05		0.20**
Ponderal index SDS	0.11*		0.27**
Mean of skinfolds SDS	0.05		0.31**
Anthropometry at 12 months
Weight SDS		0.03		0.30**
Length SDS		0.00		0.11**
Ponderal index SDS		0.04		0.26**
Mean of skinfolds SDS		0.10*		0.30**

¹SDS: sex- and age-adjusted standard deviation scores.
²US: ultrasound.
* 𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.005.