Editorial manager

Nutrición Hospitalaria H1053
Summary| PDF (ENGLISH)

Original Paper

Anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and growth in very low birth-weight premature infants hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit


Publish: 2021-11-04

Logo Downloads   Number of downloads: 7497      Logo Visits   Number of visits: 3331      Citations   Citations: 0

Share it:


Background: Anthropometric indicators are difficult to interpret in very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants, including both appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and small for gestational age (SGA) infants. Therefore, the purpose was to describe the anthropometric indicators of growth and nutritional status in VLBW premature infants AGA and SGA, hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Study design: The descriptive and prospective study design included 114 preterm infants, adequate for gestational age/small for gestational age hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Head, thigh, mid upper arm circumference, skin-fold measurements and weight/age, length/ age, and weight/length indices were obtained. Correlations were made among the anthropometric indices, and a multivariate regression analysis with weight/age as dependent variable was performed. Results: Weight/age in AGA premature infants had high number of significant anthropometric correlations. The SGA premature infants had few and weak correlations. The regression analysis showed that anthropometric indices better explain changes in the weight/age index in adequate for gestational age premature infants. Conclusion: Weight/age in the VLBW/AGA premature infants could reflect growth, nutritional status and energy stored as fat, but in the VLBW/SGA premature infants, thigh circumference and mid arm circumference would be better indicators just of nutritional status.

Key words: Premature infants. Anthropometric indices. Intensive care.



Related Articles:

Original Paper: Efectos de la administración de calostro orofaríngeo en recién nacidos prematuros sobre los niveles de inmunoglobulina a

Estefanía Martín Álvarez , María Victoria Jiménez Cabanillas , Manuela Peña Caballero , Laura Serrano López , Naroa Kajarabille , Javier Díaz Castro , Julio José Ochoa Herrera

Publish: 2016-05-16 / http://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.95

Original Paper: Asociación de los indicadores antropométricos y de composición corporal en la predicción de la resistencia a la insulina en pacientes con enfermedad de las arterias coronarias

Larissa Pessoa Vila Nova , Cristiane Maria Araújo Tavares De Sá , Maria Cleide Freire Clementino Da Silva , Marinaldo Freire Lustosa , Rafael Augusto Batista De Medeiros , Daniel Calado Brito , Maria Goretti Pessoa de Araújo Burgos

Original Paper: Beneficios a corto, medio y largo plazo de la ingesta de leche humana en recién nacidos de muy bajo peso

Bibiana Chinea Jiménez , Yumana Awad Parada , Antonio Villarino Marín , Miguel Sáenz de Pipaón

Original Paper: Evaluación del indicador clínico de calidad “nutrición enteral precoz” en servicios de medicina intensiva

Licia De La Calle De La Rosa , Sara Bermejo De Las Heras , Antonio Blesa , Manuel Giner , Javier Arias Díaz

Original Paper: Monitorización de la nutrición enteral como indicador clínico para la evaluación de la calidad en unidades de cuidados intensivos

Sara Bermejo De Las Heras , Licia De La Calle De La Rosa , Javier Arias Díaz , Manuel Giner , Antonio Luis Blesa Malpica

Original Paper: Association between food insecurity and perinatal risk factors with hearing problems in preterm birth

Angela Marcela Castillo-Chávez , Rebeca Monroy-Torres , Victor Hugo Hernández González

Original Paper: Consumo de bebidas azucaradas y con azúcar añadida y su asociación con indicadores antropométricos en jóvenes de Medellín (Colombia)

Diana Liseth Cárdenas Sánchez , Victor Daniel Calvo Betancur , Sol Flórez Gil , Diana María Sepúlveda Herrera , Luz Mariela Manjarrés Correa

Original Paper: Association of anthropometric indicators to evaluate nutritional status and cardiometabolic risk in Mexican teenagers

Mauricio Megchún Hernández , Judith Espinosa-Raya , Esmeralda García-Parra , Cidronio Albavera-Hernández , Alfredo Briones Aranda

Original Paper: The diagnosis and NUTRIC score of critically ill patients in enteral nutrition are risk factors for the survival time in an intensive care unit?

Isabela Bernasconi José , Vania Aparecida Leandro-Merhi , José Luis Braga de Aquino , José Alexandre Mendonça

Original Paper: Clinical conditions and complications associated with parenteral nutrition use in critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a general hospital

Renata Ferreira Silva , Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes , Dirce Bellezi Guilhem

Special Article: XI Lección Jesús Culebras. Nutrición enteral en el paciente crítico. Historia de una evolución

Juan Carlos Montejo González

Original Paper: Estimación de la masa grasa por medio de indicadores antropométricos en jóvenes con síndrome de Down

Rossana Gómez-Campos , Rubén Vidal-Espinoza , Luis Felipe Castelli-Correia de Campos , Anderson Márques de Moraes , Evandro Lázari , Wilbert Cossio Bolaños , Luis Urzua-Alul , José Sulla Torres , Marco Cossio-Bolaños

Original Paper: Adherence to the DASH dietary pattern is associated with blood pressure and anthropometric indicators in Mexican adults

Xochitl Ponce-Martínez , Eloísa Colín-Ramírez , Sonia Rodríguez-Ramírez , Susana Rivera-Mancía , Raúl Cartas-Rosado , Maite Vallejo-Allende

Original Paper: Is relative fat mass a better indicator of high blood pressure levels when compared to other anthropometric indexes?

Wellington Segheto , João Carlos Bouzas Marins , Paulo Roberto dos Santos Amorim , Amanda Botelho Franco , Marisa Assis Almeida , Nádia Vieira Alves Alvarenga , Luciana Moreira Lima

Original Paper: Indicaciones no quirúrgicas de la nutrición parenteral periférica

Publish: 2021-06-23 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Association between dyslipidemia and anthropometric indicators in adolescents

Publish: 2021-06-24 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: La glucemia de las primeras 24 horas no es un factor pronóstico de mortalidad en pacientes críticos

Publish: 2021-06-25 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad nutricional e hipertensión arterial y su relación con indicadores antropométricos en una población de escolares de Granada y su provincia

Publish: 2021-06-30 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Déficit energético y proteico crítico con gran aporte de calorías provenientes de fármacos tras una semana en una unidad de cuidados intensivos

Erika Ibarra Pastrana , Aurora Elizabeth Serralde Zúñiga

Review: Evidence on the benefits of probiotics for preterm infants

Ana Maria Campos Martinez , Carmen Elizabeth Fernández Marín , Aida Ruiz López , Isabel Cubero Millán , José Uberos Fernández

Original Paper: Impacto de un proceso de mejora de la calidad en el estado del soporte nutricional en una unidad de cuidados intensivos

Publish: 2021-09-29 / http://dx.doi.org/

Review: Antropometría en el diagnóstico de pacientes obesos; una revisión

Publish: 2021-10-05 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Body fat assessment by bioelectrical impedance and its correlation with anthropometric indicators

Publish: 2021-10-06 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Comparative analysis of anthropometric indicators for diagnosing obesity and predicting cardiometabolic risk in Mexican adolescents

Mauricio Megchún Hernández , Judith Espinosa Raya , Esmeralda García Parra , Raquel Gómez Pliego , Manuela Castellanos Pérez , Alfredo Briones Aranda

Original Paper: Manejo de la nutrición parenteral en las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos en España

Publish: 2021-10-27 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Predictive ability of the anthropometric and body composition indicators for detecting changes in inflammatory biomarkers

Publish: 2021-10-27 / http://dx.doi.org/

Review: Urgencias metabólicas en pacientes críticos con cáncer

Publish: 2021-10-27 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Aggressive parenteral nutrition and growth velocity in preterm infants

Publish: 2021-10-29 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Hipomagnesemia en pacientes hematológicos críticamente enfermos

Publish: 2021-11-04 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Influencia de la práctica físico-deportiva sobre indicadores antropométricos y la satisfacción con el peso en hombres estudiantes universitarios: estudio piloto

Publish: 2021-11-25 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Ángulo de fase como indicador del estado nutricional y pronóstico en pacientes críticos

Publish: 2021-11-25 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Behavior of weight z-score in preterm infants who are small for gestational age

Giovana Ribeiro Pegoraro , Betânia Boeira Scheer , Thielen Borba da Costa , Maria Verónica Márquez Costa , Simone Muniz Pacheco , Sandra Costa Valle

Original Paper: Giving a nutritional FAST HUG in the Intensive Care Unit

Publish: 2021-11-30 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Anthropometric indicators of obesity as predictors of cardiovascular risk in the elderly

Publish: 2021-11-30 / http://dx.doi.org/

Letter to the Editor: Evaluación de la grasa corporal por impedancia bioeléctrica y su correlación con indicadores antropométricos

Publish: 2021-11-30 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Protein needs of critically ill patients receiving parenteral nutrition

Publish: 2021-12-01 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Nutrition therapy in sepsis: characterization and implications for clinical prognosis

Publish: 2022-01-13 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Indicadores antropométricos y su asociación con eventos cardiometabólicos en escolares de Sonora, México

Publish: 2022-01-19 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Exactitud de los parámetros antropométricos como indicadores de adiposidad visceral previstos para ecuación bidimensional

Publish: 2022-01-20 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Úlcera por presión: incidencia y factores demográficos, clínicos y nutricionales asociados en pacientes de una unidad de cuidados intensivos

Publish: 2022-01-20 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Anthropometric indicators of general and central obesity in the prediction of asthma in adolescents; central obesity in asthma

Publish: 2022-01-21 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Indicadores antropométricos y su relación con marcadores bioquímicos en mujeres

Publish: 2022-01-21 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Imbalances in protein metabolism in critical care patient with systemic inflammatory response syndrome at admission in intensive care unit

Publish: 2022-01-24 / http://dx.doi.org/

Original Paper: Weight gain speed and z-score behavior in large prematures for gestational age

Betânia Boeira Scheer , Andriele Madruga Peres , Eduarda de Souza Silva , Bárbara Peter Gonçalves , Simone Muniz Pacheco , Maria Verónica Márquez Costa , Sandra Costa Valle

Original Paper: Nutritional assessment of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage using the modified “Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill" score, and its association with outcomes

Marta Rodrigues de Carvalho , Beatriz Schmidt Dal Berto , Amelia Maia Rodrigues , Lorena Ohrana Braz Prudente , Edmilson Leal Bastos de Moura

Original Paper: Patrones de alimentación y crecimiento de los niños prematuros a los 3-4 años de vida

Ana Valdés-Bécares , Alberto Lana Pérez , Ana Fernández Feito

Original Paper: Relationship between lipid profile, anthropometric indicators, and appetite-regulating hormones in infants according to type of feeding

Edgar Manuel Vásquez-Garibay , Alfredo Larrosa-Haro , Nelly Carolina Muñoz-Esparza , Enrique Romero-Velarde , Elizabeth Guzmán-Mercado , Samuel García-Arellano , Felipe Martínez Limón , José Francisco Muñoz-Valle

Original Paper: Analysis for Candida albicans in samples of intravenous lipids administered to premature infants with the goal of optimizing the use of the 1.2 µm filter

Haydee Villafana-Medina , Ronaldo Quezada-Pérez , Jennifer Rodríguez-Meza , Julio Campos-Florián , Jorge Vásquez-Kool , Carmen Marín-Tello

Original Paper: Association between nutritional risk status and both diaphragmatic dysfunction and diaphragm atrophy in medical ıntensive care unit patients

Kamil Inci , Eda Macit Aydın , Gulbin Aygencel , Melda Türkoğlu

Original Paper: Healthcare resource utilization among critically-ill COVID-19 survivors: results from the NUTRICOVID study

Julia Álvarez Hernández , Pilar Matía Martín , Emilia Cancer Minchot , Cristina de la Cuerda Compés

Original Paper: 25(OH)D concentrations are not associated with adiposity indicators, but with the stage of immunodeficiency in people with HIV/AIDS

Andrea Nunes Mendes de Brito , Iara Katrynne Fonsêca Oliveira , Nayra do Socorro Caldas Carvalho de Almeida Teixeira , Dorcas Lamounier Costa , Poliana Cristina Almeida Fonseca , Patrícia Helen Rondó , Liania Alves Luzia , Isabel Oliveira Aires , Adriana de Azevedo Paiva

Original Paper: Urinary urea, nitrogen balance and mortality in critically ill patients - A prospective cohort study

Raquel Stocker Pérsico , Marina Verçoza Viana , Sérgio Henrique Loss , Ana Carolina Peçanha Antonio , Luciana Verçoza Viana

Letter to the Editor: In memoriam: Mercè Planas

Rosa Burgos Peláez , Julia Álvarez Hernández

Most popular articles

Review: Inteligencia artificial generativa ChatGPT en nutrición clínica: avances y desafíos

ChatGPT y otras herramientas de inteligencia artif...

Publish: 2024-12-31

Original Paper: Nutrient imbalance and obesity in children with autism spectrum disorder

Introduction: children with ASD have a higher perc...

Publish: 2024-07-14

Review: Suplementación con micronutrientes y sus beneficios: ¿por qué y cuándo?

Introducción: los micronutrientes participan en la...

Publish: 2025-07-18

A cookie or computer cookie is a small information file that is stored in your browser every time you visit our website. The use of cookies is to save the history of your activity on our website, so that when you visit again, it can identify and configure the content of the same based on your browsing habits, identity and preferences. Cookies can be accepted, rejected, blocked and deleted, as desired. This can be done through the options available in this window or through the configuration of your browser, depending on the case. In case you reject cookies we can not assure you the correct functioning of the different functionalities of our website. More information in the "COOKIES POLICY" section of our website.