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0205/2021 - Weight/head circumference ratio at birth for assessing fetal growth
Avaliação do crescimento fetal de crianças por meio da razão peso/perímetro cefálico

Author:

• Dixis Figueroa Pedraza - Pedraza, D. F. - <dixisfigueroa@gmail.com - dixisfigueroa@hotmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-828X

Co-author(s):

• Ítalo de Macedo Bernardino - Bernardino, I. de M. - <italo.macedo50@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4750-5666
• Anahi Cézar de Lima Lins - Lins, A.C.L - <anahicll@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2983-0051


Abstract:

Objectives: to use weight/head circumference ratio at birth to assess fetal growth. Methods: a cross-sectional study nestled in a birth cohort in Paraíba State, Northeast of Brazil, with 726 children born at term and weighing 2.500 grams or more. Infants’ anthropo¬metric measurements, sociodemographic characteristics, gestational care and type of delivery were collected in the first 24 hours after birth. Infants were classified as proportionate (weight/head circumference ratio ≥ 0.87) versus disproportion¬ate (< 0.87). Results: lower mean weight/head circumfer¬ence ratio were identified in newborns of lower gestational age, with lower birth weight, female,families not benefiting of the Programa Bolsa Família, of mothers not supplemented with folic acid during pregnancy and born by cesarean section. Mean weight, length and head circumfer¬ence were lower among infants with dis¬proportionate weight/head circumference ratio, independently of sex. Conclusions: weight/head circumference ratio is an impor¬tant indicator of fetal growth.

Keywords:

Anthropometry; Birth Weight; Cephalometry.

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Pedraza, D. F., Bernardino, I. de M., Lins, A.C.L. Weight/head circumference ratio at birth for assessing fetal growth. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/weighthead-circumference-ratio-at-birth-for-assessing-fetal-growth/18104



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