Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India

Mid-upper arm circumference in pregnant women and birth weight in newborns as substitute for skinfold thickness: findings from the MAASTHI cohort study, India

Abstract Background Estimating total body fat in public hospitals using gold-standard measurements such as air displacement plethysmography (ADP), deuterium oxide dilution, or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is unaffordable, and it is challenging to use skinfold thickness. We aimed to identif...

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Main Authors: Giridhara R. Babu, Aritra Das, Eunice Lobo, Deepa R, Daisy A. John, Prashanth Thankachan, Sonalini Khetrapal, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon, GVS Murthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
anthropometric markers
India
Karnataka
skinfold thickness
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03915-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03915-1

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