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BMC Pediatrics BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Assessing newborn body composition using principal components analysis: differences in the determinants of fat and skeletal size Beverley M Shields*1, Bridget A Knight1,2, Roy J Powell3, Andrew T Hattersley1 and David E Wright4 Address: 1Peninsula Medical School, Barrack Road, Exeter, UK, 2Heavitree Hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK, 3Research and Development Support Unit, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Exeter, UK and 4School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Plymouth, Plymou