Body build structure of neonates |
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Authors: | H Kaarma U Salundi S Koskel |
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Institution: | (1) Women's Hospital of Tartu University, Institute of Mathematical Statistics of Tartu University, Lossy 36, E. E. 2400 Tartu, Estonia |
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Abstract: | The paper presents anthropometric data on 292 healthy neonates delivered of normal births at the Women's Hospital of Tartu
University (150 boys and 142 girls). The parameters of the neonates' physical development measured included height, weight,
sitting height, length of sternum and abdomen, shoulder width, upper and lower width and depth of thorax, width and depth
of abdomen, D. cristarum, D. trochanterica, pelvic depth, 12 circumferences, foot length and two skinfolds (on abdomen and
back). The mean weight of a neonate was 3620.5 g±448.7 g (minimum 2400 g and maximum 4854 g). Boys were somewhat heavier than
girls (3684.7 g and 3551.3 g respectively). The average height of the infants was 49.9 cm±1.9 cm (minimum 44 cm and maximum
54.5 cm). Correlation analysis of the characteristics showed that body structure is a system of wellcorrelated anthropometric
measurements where the leading role belongs to height and weight. The changes in the relation between height and weight (height-weight
classification in 3×3SD classes) cause systemic changes in other measurements. Therefore, in further micropaediatric and clinical
research, the height-weight classification could be used as the primary model of the body as a whole. |
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Keywords: | newborn's anthropometry body structure of neonates body build model of neonates newborns' height and weight |
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