Zisovska, Elizabeta and Jovevska, Svetlana (2018) The anthropometry of the term newborn infant. In: 55. Kongres Antropološkog Društva Srbije, 23-26 May 2018, Zlatibor, Serbia.
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Abstract
Anthropometry means measurement of the human body. For neonatologists, at least four parameters are of great value: birth weight(BW), birth length(BL), head circumference(HC) and chest circumference(CC). For the purpose of this study, we have explored them as means of previous health conditions of the women/fetus. Deviations may indicate congenital developmental disturbances or physical disorders.
We restricted our sample to newborns of healthy mothers within the UC for Obs&Gyn in Skopje, Macedonia during 2017. Eligible were newborns of mothers with expected date of birth 37-41completed gestational weeks, assuming that preterm babies might have been exposed in utero to conditions that affect growth and therefore might not represent a “normal” growth standard. Measurement of growth parameters were very precisely performed by validated methods and were completed within 48 hours of birth.
Results: the mean value(SD) for the birthweight was 3456.5(411.1)g, female newborns were non-significantly lighter, the mean length, (crown-heel), was 50.3(1.7)cm. The mean HC(SD) was 33.8(1.1)cm and disaggregated related to sex, the females had lower values, statistically significant(p<0,05). The mean CC was 32.3(1.2)cm, and of importance, the difference between the HC and CC was mean 1.5(0.2).
These findings are part of a broad study conducted recently and containing multiple indicators, cross matched with other confounding influential factors. The measures are within the distribution of the standard WHO curves. The homogeneity of our sample combined with accurate measurement has improved precision. We didn’t evaluate maternal age as a confounder, as it is not acknowledged as an important predictor of morphometric parameters.
Key words: newborn, anthropometry, growth indicator
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Elizabeta Zisovska |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2018 08:06 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2018 08:06 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/20064 |
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