Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates / Curvas de crecimiento en los neonatos jamaicanos normales
West Indian med. j
;
55(6): 368-374, Dec. 2006.
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em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-472076
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to provide standards for the assessment of birthweight, head circumference and crown-heel length for normal, singleton newborns of predominantly West African descent. Data were collected for 10 482 or 94of all recorded births in Jamaica during the two-month period September 1 to October 31, 1986. After editing procedures, data were available for 6178 (birthweight), 5975 (head circumference), and 5990 (crown-heel length). The data presented in tables and growth curves include birthweight, head circumference and crown-heel length for males and females separately, for gestational ages 30-43 weeks. Data sets from the University Hospital of the West Indies in 1990 and 1999 were used to explore the possibility of secular change over the period 1986-1999. In conclusion, these ethnic and gender-specific growth curves are based on the most extensive dataset currently available in Jamaica for babies of West African descent.
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Peso ao Nascer
/
Antropometria
/
Crescimento
/
Cabeça
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
/
Estudo de prevalência
/
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Feminino
/
Humanos
/
Lactente
/
Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
/
Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Jamaica
Instituição/País de afiliação:
The University of the West Indies/JM
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