Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates
Samms-Vaughan, M., Thame, M., Osmond, C., Hambleton, I.R., McCaw-Binns, A., Ashley, D.E. and Serjeant, G.R. (2006) Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates. West Indian Medical Journal, 55, (6), 368-374.
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Description/Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide standards for the assessment of birthweight head circumference and crown-heel length for normal, singleton newborns of predominantly West African descent. Data were collected for 10 482 or 94% of all recorded births in Jamaica during the two-month period September I to October 31, 1986 After editing procedures, data were available for 6178 (birthweight), 5975 (head circumference), and 5990 (crown-heel length). The data presented in tables and growth curves include birthweight, head circumference and crown-heel length for males and females separately, for gestational ages 30-43 weeks. Data sets from the University Hospital of the West Indies in 1990 and 1999 were used to explore the possibility of secular change over the period 1986-1999. In conclusion, these ethnic and gender-specific growth curves are based on the most extensive dataset currently available in Jamaica for babies of West African descent.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0043-3144 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 61492 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2012 02:50 |
| Contributors: | Samms-Vaughan, M. (Author) Thame, M. (Author) Osmond, C. (Author) Hambleton, I.R. (Author) McCaw-Binns, A. (Author) Ashley, D.E. (Author) Serjeant, G.R. (Author) |
| Date: | January 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61492 |
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