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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 23, 875-878, Copyright © 1970 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

Indices of Body Composition in Infantile Malnutrition: Total Body Potassium and Urinary Creatinine

G. A. O. ALLEYNE M.D., M.R.C.P.1, F. VITERI M.D.2, and J. ALVARADO M.D.2

1 Medical Research Council, Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
2 Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá, Carretera Roosevelt Zona 11, Guatemala, Centro-América

Indices of muscle mass and lean body mass are derived from 24-hr urinary creatinine and total body potassium. These indices change in parallel in children recovering from protein-calorie malnutrition.






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