Estimation of lean body mass in children

Estimation of lean body mass in children.

BACKGROUND In adults, dosages of some anaesthetic agents are based on lean body mass (LBM) rather than body weight. Our aim was to derive an equation for estimating LBM in children. METHODS Patients comprised three groups: prospective kidney transplant donors from two separate centres (centres 1 and 3) and children referred to a further centre (centre 2) for the routine clinical measurement o...

Lean body mass in children with cystic fibrosis.

Bone Mineral Density, Lean Body Mass and Bone Biomarkers Following Physical Exercise in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Undergoing Chemotherapy

Background: This study was aimed to evaluate the effects of physical exercise on bone mineral density (BMD), lean body mass (LBM) and bone biomarkers in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia on chemotherapy. Methods: forty-six leukemic children were randomly assigned to two groups; exercise group (E) undergoing supervised mixed exercise program consisting of aerobic, resistance and flexib...

Serum creatinine and fat-free mass (lean body mass).

using this multiplex-PCR assay, suggests that the 22 and 22 alleles are much less common than the 22 allele in these populations (data not shown). These results are in agreement with the findings of Eng et al. (4 ). With the exception of the 22 total deletion spanning .300 kb of the a-globin cluster that was described in a Chinese family (3, 9), this multiplex-PCR assay detects all described So...

Lean Body Mass in Indian Infants and Young Children and Variation by Sex

Aim of the study was to explore the lean body mass (LBM%) and fat mass (FM%) percent of weaning age children from among the urban poor in Kolkata, India. We used a cross sectional study design. A convenience sample of apparently healthy infants aged 6 month to 24 month were evaluated for LBM% derived by an anthropometry based and a Bioelectrical Impedance analysis (BIA) based equations, validat...