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Investigate the relationship between perinatal factors, lean body mass, and muscular limb strength in school-aged children.

April 20, 2022ChildrenOpen Access

Early Life Factors Associated with Lean Body Mass in Spanish Children: CALINA Study

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Investigate the relationship between perinatal factors, lean body mass, and muscular limb strength in school-aged children.
Followed a longitudinal cohort of 416 children at ages six to eight from the CALINA study in Spain.
Obtained early life metrics—including parental BMI, maternal smoking, gestational age, birth weight, and rapid weight gain—from primary care records.
Assessed body composition via bioimpedance analysis, DXA, and pQCT, and measured muscular strength using handgrip and standing long jump tests.
In girls, maternal smoking during pregnancy, gestational age, and birth weight were positively associated with fat-free mass and lean soft tissue mass.
In boys, parental body mass index, birth weight, and rapid weight gain were positively associated with fat-free mass and lean soft tissue mass.
Birth weight was positively associated with handgrip strength in both sexes, whereas standing long jump performance was negatively associated with maternal BMI in girls and rapid weight gain in boys.

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Cohort study reveals sex-specific links between early life factors and lean body mass in young children, indicating perinatal influences shape long-term muscular development.

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Córdoba-Rodríguez et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9747740e185ede8d2da607 https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050585

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Cohort study reveals sex-specific links between early life factors and lean body mass in young children, indicating perinatal influences shape long-term muscular development.

Early Life Factors Associated with Lean Body Mass in Spanish Children: CALINA Study

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