INTRODUCTION Measuring head circumference and plotting it in centile charts is a routine practice in paediatrics. However if wrong charts are used, serious misinterpretations can ensue. OBJECTIVES This study was carried out to ascertain the appropriateness of charts used in Sri Lanka. Out of a birth cohort of 2215 children, 250 from each sex were invited for a follow up study. Head circumfere...

Introduction: There is a wide variation in normal birth weight, length and head circumference of newborns. The standards formulated by Western workers may not be very reliable to this part of world because of wide variations in normal range of length, weight and head circumference in different ethnic groups. This study aims to determine the anthropometric values – birth weight, length and head ...

OBJECTIVE We sought to study whether the association between being born small for gestational age and risk for low intellectual performance was modified by gestational age. METHODS A population-based cohort study was conducted of 352,125 boys who were born between 28 and 43 completed weeks of gestation from 1973 to 1981 in Sweden. Risk for low intellectual performance at military conscription...

OBJECTIVE To construct centile charts for birth weight, length and head circumference for infants born from 24 to 42 weeks of gestation and to compare with the other national and international growth charts. STUDY DESIGN Observational descriptive study. SUBJECTS All consecutively live born singleton infants from 24 to 42 weeks of gestation. METHODS Data were retrieved for the birth weigh...

OBJECTIVES We examined whether adults born preterm at very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) differ from term-born adults in autism-spectrum traits, and whether among VLBW adults, growth in infancy is associated with these traits. METHODS A total of 110 VLBW and 104 term-born adults of the Helsinki Study of Very Low Birth Weight Adults completed the Autism-Spectrum Quotient yielding total, soc...

how to cite this article: talebian a, soltani b, moravveji ar, salamati l, davami m. a study on causes and types of abnormal increase in infants’ head circumference in kashan/iran. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 28- 33.   objective head circumference is a valuable index of brain growth and its disturbances can indicate different disorders of nervous system. abnormal increased head circ...

OBJECTIVE An accurate assessment of the nutritional status of an infant at birth is very important, since it provides information on early identification of pathological events related to intrauterine growth acceleration or retardation. Anthropometric ratios such as weight/length and mid-arm circumference/head circumference may be used as alternative tools for this purpose. The main objective o...

OBJECTIVE In order to determine the relationship between some maternal anthropometric indicators and birth weight, crown-heel length and newborn's head circumference, 92 pregnant women were followed through at the prenatal service of hospital in S. Paulo, Brazil. MATERIAL AND METHOD The following variables were established for the mother: weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference, pre-pregn...