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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Birth weight and anthropometry of newborns
Dhananjay B Naik1, A P Kulkarni, N R Aswar
1Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Nanded, Maharashtra, India.
Objective:
To determine the relationship between birth weight and the anthropometric measurements of newborn to screen for low birth weight.
Methods:
1,252 newborns have been enrolled in the study. The birth weight, mid-arm, head and chest circumferences were measured by standard techniques.
Result:
The highest correlation of birth weight was found with chest circumference (r = 0.70). The maximum sensitivity of detecting low birth weight was seen with chest circumference (94.26%).
Conclusion:
Measurement of chest circumference being simple, easy, cheap and reliable method for identification of low birth weight in the community.
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