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Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates

Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates
Growth curves for normal Jamaican neonates
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.
0043-3144
368-374
Samms-Vaughan, M.
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Thame, M.
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Osmond, C.
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Hambleton, I.R.
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McCaw-Binns, A.
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Ashley, D.E.
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Serjeant, G.R.
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Samms-Vaughan, M.
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Osmond, C.
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Hambleton, I.R.
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McCaw-Binns, A.
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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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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.

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Published date: January 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 61492
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61492
ISSN: 0043-3144
PURE UUID: cac7ebed-b3ad-4eaa-b787-ede7da881ea5
ORCID for C. Osmond: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-4655

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Date deposited: 02 Oct 2008
Last modified: 09 Jan 2022 02:49

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Author: M. Samms-Vaughan
Author: M. Thame
Author: C. Osmond ORCID iD
Author: I.R. Hambleton
Author: A. McCaw-Binns
Author: D.E. Ashley
Author: G.R. Serjeant

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