PMID- 17612374
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070907
LR  - 20130702
IS  - 0212-1611 (Print)
IS  - 0212-1611 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 May-Jun
TI  - Nutritional assessment of very low birth weight infants: relationships between 
      anthropometric and biochemical parameters.
PG  - 322-9
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Analyze the importance of biochemical data and their relationship with 
      anthropometric data in the longitudinal nutritional assessment of very low birth 
      weight infants. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was performed on 55 very low 
      birth weight preterm infants (birth weight < 1.500 g and < 37 weeks of 
      gestational age). Measurements of weight, length, head and mid-arm 
      circumferences, mid-arm circumference: head circumference ratio, ponderal index, 
      and body mass index. Serum prealbumin and retinol-binding protein were studied as 
      biochemical parameters. All variables were collected at birth and days 14 and 28 
      of life. RESULTS: The infants presented a mean birth weight of 1,076.7 +/- 286 g 
      and mean gestational age of 30.7 +/- 2.1 weeks. At birth, the mean serum 
      prealbumin was 7.0 +/-1.7 mg/dl and mean retinol-binding protein was 1.3 +/- 0.4 
      mg/dl. There was a significant increase in all variables studied from birth to 
      day 28. According to nutritional adequacy, there were no differences between 
      appropriate and small for gestational age infants neither in the anthropometric 
      nor in the biochemical data. The anthropometric measurements did not correlate 
      with biochemical parameters. The serum protein concentrations were converted to 
      serum protein mass (SPM) as follows: SPM = serum protein concentration X (100 X 
      weight) X (1- hematocrit)] since the studied proteins are largely intravascular 
      and the protein mass would be a more accurate index of nutritional status. The 
      SPM of both protein and anthropometric parameters were correlated, except for the 
      ponderal index. CONCLUSIONS: The serum protein mass of the prealbumin and the 
      retinol-binding protein were better nutritional markers in the serial nutritional 
      assessment of very low birth weight infants during neonatal period than the serum 
      protein levels.
FAU - Cardoso, L E Monteiro Bigelli
AU  - Cardoso LE
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil.
FAU - Falcao, M Cicero
AU  - Falcao MC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Spain
TA  - Nutr Hosp
JT  - Nutricion hospitalaria
JID - 9100365
SB  - IM
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Body Weights and Measures
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Infant, Very Low Birth Weight/*blood
MH  - Male
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
EDAT- 2007/07/07 09:00
MHDA- 2007/09/08 09:00
CRDT- 2007/07/07 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/09/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/07/07 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nutr Hosp. 2007 May-Jun;22(3):322-9.