The mediation effect of anthropometry and physical fitness on the relationship between birthweight and basal metabolic rate in children.
Isabele Goes NobreMarcos Andre Moura-Dos-SantosGabriela Goes NobreRavi Marinho Dos SantosIsabella da Costa RibeiroGabriela Carvalho Jurema SantosEveline Viana da Silva da FonsecaTafnes Laís P Santos de OliveiraWylla Tatiana Ferreira E SilvaJulie-Anne NazareCarol Virgínia Góis LeandroPublished in: Journal of developmental origins of health and disease (2019)
The anthropometric variables associated with BW were body height, head, hip and waist circumferences for boys and body height and hip circumference for girls. The current study provides new evidence that height and handgrip strength during childhood mediated the relationship between BW and BMR.