[Weight/head circumference ratio at birth for assessing fetal growth].

The objective of this study was to use weight/head circumference ratio at birth to assess fetal growth. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in Zona da Mata, Pernambuco State, Brazil, with 915 term infants. Infants' anthropometric measurements and data on prenatal care, smoking during pregnancy, family income, and maternal schooling and nutritional status were collected in the first 24 hours after birth. Infants were classified as proportionate (weight/head circumference ratio ≥ 0.90) versus disproportionate (< 0.90). Lower mean weight/head circumference ratio was associated with maternal smoking, younger age, inadequate prenatal care, and low BMI, height, and triceps skinfold thickness. Mean weight, length, head and chest circumference, arm circumference, and triceps skinfold thickness were lower among infants with disproportionate weight/head circumference ratio, independently of sex. In conclusion, weight/head circumference ratio and birth weight are important indicators of fetal growth.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Cadernos de Saúde Pública

• Publication date

  2015-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1590/0102-311X00184014PMID 26578023
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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