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Calorie intake is associated with weight gain during transition phase of nutrition in female extremely low birth weight infants

Authors :
Pradeep Alur
Renjithkumar Kalikkot Thekkeveedu
Madaleine Meeks
Kyle C. Hart
Jagdish Desai
Marla Johnson
Sara Marie Presley
Naveed Hussain
Source :
Biology of Sex Differences, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
BMC, 2020.

Abstract

Abstract We sought to determine whether there are sex-based differences in the requirements for calories or protein for optimal growth during the transition phase (TP) when an extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant, defined as a preterm infant with a birth weight of

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20426410
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Biology of Sex Differences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.34d0a4b4648ba84e288e04df76a25
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-020-00295-7