Predicting total body water in infants aged 0.5–24 months and the implications for measuring breast milk intake: a secondary analysis of isotope dilution data
The equation used in DTM calculations provides biased TBW estimates. This has implications for measuring breast milk intake and nonmilk water intake and our understanding of nutritional needs during the first 2 y of life.
Authors
- Pernille Kæstel
- Shabina Ariff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-2662)
- Regien Biesma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5532-0242)
- Grace Munthali
- Adriana Vázquez‐Vázquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-741X)
- Teresa Hm da Costa
- Nishani Lucas
- Tinku Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1786-6076)
- Rebecca Kuriyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-574X)
- Helen Mulol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4138-2418)
- Aly Diana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9394-5235)
- Pujitha Wickramasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-1283)
- Cornelia Loechl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-6270)
- Andrew P. Hills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-7201)
- Iná S. Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1258-9249)
- Peter S.W. Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7848-8515)
- Inga Þórsdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-287X)
- Ute Feucht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6339-1040)
- Shane Anthony Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3788)
- Birna Þórisdóttir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7320-0116)
- Jonathan C. K. Wells (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-8025)
- Vandana Jain
- Hinke Haisma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9676-0463)
- Caroline S. Costa
- Marieke Aj de Sévaux
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (AT)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Universidade de Brasília (BR)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of Iceland (IS)
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas (BR)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GB)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences (IN)
- University Center of Brasília (BR)
- St.John's Medical College Hospital (IN)
- National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research (ZM)
- University College London (GB)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- University of Colombo (LK)
- Padjadjaran University (ID)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.004
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33