BACKGROUND Many centers in Israel still use pre-1970 reference data for neonatal weight, length and head circumference. A recently published population-based reference overestimated the weight of premature infants. OBJECTIVE To develop a national reference for birth weight, birth length and head circumference by gestational age for singleton infants in Israel. METHODS Data were collected on...

Dept.of Anatomy, MM institute of Medical Sciences & Research Mullana (Ambala) Haryana. ABSTRACT: The study is aimed at modeling the stature on the basis of cephalo-facial dimensions. The study was conducted in Department of Anatomy, MM institute of medical sciences & research, Mullana (Ambala), on 800 Haryanvi adults comprising of 400 males and 400 females. Prior informed written consent was ob...

Patterns of fetal growth predict non-communicable disease risk in adult life, but fetal growth variability appears to have a relatively weak association with maternal nutritional dynamics during pregnancy. This challenges the interpretation of fetal growth variability as 'adaptation'. We hypothesized that associations of maternal size and nutritional status with neonatal size are mediated by th...

Monthly increments of length, weight gain, and head circumference were recorded from birth to 4 years of age in 52 children with cystic fibrosis. At birth the children showed stunting. Standard deviation (SD) scores at birth for height, weight, and head circumference were -1.24, -0.72, and -1.82 respectively. Over the first four years, length and weight SD scores showed a consistent improvement...

PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes in axial length occurring with shifts in gaze direction. METHODS Axial length measurements were obtained from the left eye of 30 young adults (10 emmetropes, 10 low myopes, and 10 moderate myopes) through a rotating prism with 15° deviation, along the foveal axis, using a noncontact optical biometer in each of the nine different ...

BACKGROUND Craniometric variation in humans reflects different genetic and environmental influences. Long-term climatic adaptation is less likely to show an impact on size and shape variation in a small local area than at the global level. AIM The aim of this work was to assess the contribution of the particular environmental factors to body height and craniofacial variability in a small geog...

A variety of techniques have been used to determine intra-operative leg length during total hip arthroplasty. One method often described is using the tip of greater trochanter as the reference for the rotation centre of the femoral head to align the femoral component. There is little in the literature to support this method of leg length restoration. We analysed standard anterior-posterior pelv...

OBJECTIVE To generate and report standardized growth curves for weight, length, head circumference, weight/length, and BMI for non-growth hormone-treated white infants (boys and girls) with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) between 0 and 36 months of age. The goal was to monitor growth and compare data with other infants with PWS. METHODS Anthropometric measures (N = 758) were obtained according to...

BACKGROUND A study on the cephalic index was carried out on subjects from school students in Ogbia tribe of Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This study determined the cephalic indices among the school students. In the present study, seven hundred subjects were randomly selected from secondary schools comprising 350 males and 350 females, respectively, with age range from 11-2...