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.
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