Relación entre perímetro braquial y algunos indicadores de crecimiento intrauterino*

D, Ignacio Sánchez; Cavagnaro, Felipe; Tapia, José Luís; G, Gabriela Juez

doi:10.4067/s0370-41061988000500002

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“…Our data differ from those described by most of the authors who have already studied this association. 12,20 However, our findings were similar to those described by Sánchez et al 24 in a Chilean population comprised mainly of term newborns. In the Chilean study, in addition to identifying greater scattering of mid-arm circumference values when associated with gestational age, rather than with birth weight, the authors showed that there was progressive increase in those measurements as gestational age progressed and also found slightly lower values for the mid-arm circumference among the 42-week gestational age newborns.…”

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Mid-arm circumference and mid-arm/head circumference ratio in term newborns

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Sao Paulo Med. J.

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PARTICIPANTS:Term newborns (66 males and 65 females) of appropriate growth for gestational age, whose mothers were healthy, were included in the study. MAIN MEASUREMENTS:Arm circumference, arm circumference/head circumference ratio, birth weight and gestational age were measured within 48 hours of birth. Data were considered significant when p < 0.01. RESULTS:The mean values for the mid-arm circumference were 10.76 cm (standard deviation, SD = 0.68) for females and 10.76 (SD = 0.81) for males. The mean value for the mid-arm/head circumference ratio was 0.31 (SD = 0.02) for both sexes. Mid-arm circumference values were significantly related to birth weight and gestational age, whereas mid-arm/head circumference ratio was related only to birth weight. CONCLUSIONS:Mid-arm circumference and midarm/head circumference ratio values were established for the studied population. It was possible to obtain curves for both mid-arm circumference and mid-arm/head circumference ratio in relation to birth weight. However, for mid-arm circumference, it was only possible to obtain curves in relation to gestational age. The use of the regression curves did not seem powerful enough to predict the mid-arm circumference and mid-arm/head circumference ratio in this population of term newborns. There were no gender differences for either of the measurements studied.

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