Birth month associations with height, head circumference, and limb lengths among peruvian children

Length and Head Circumference at Birth: Associations with Birth Outcome and Morbidity in Macrosomic Finnish Infants

Growth of Head Circumference, Weight and Height from Birth to 18 Months in the South of Iran

Background: Assessing the growth of infants is a main parameter in their health assessment. Thus, we have studied the growth condition of children from born to 18 months in this research in Bandar Abbas, Iran, 2015. Methods: In this descriptive study, we have selected 104 case records from the dataset of health center number 8 of BandarAbbas by means of simple randomized sampling. All data abou...

A Longitudinal Growth Study from Birth to Maturity for Weight, Height and Head Circumference of Normal Iranian Children Compared with Western Norms: A Standard for Growth of Iranian Children

Background: At the present there is no growth reference for Iranian children, and cross-sectional studies indicate that Iranian children grow at a lower percentile curve than Western children.Aim: The present longitudinal study was undertaken: 1. To establish a growth standard for Iranian children and, 2. To compare their growth with Western norms. Methods: Weight, length, height, and head circ...

Surname‐Inferred andean ancestry is associated with child stature and limb lengths at high altitude in Peru, but not at sea level

OBJECTIVES Native Andean ancestry gives partial protection from reduced birthweight at high altitude in the Andes compared with European ancestry. Whether Andean ancestry is also associated with body proportions and greater postnatal body size at altitude is unknown. Therefore, we tested whether a greater proportion of Andean ancestry is associated with stature and body proportions among Peruvi...

Centile Curves and Reference Values for Height, Body Mass, Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference of Peruvian Children and Adolescents

This study aimed to provide height, body mass, BMI and waist circumference (WC) growth centile charts for school-children, aged 4-17 years, from central Peru, and to compare Peruvian data with North-American and Argentinean references. The sample consisted of 8753 children and adolescents (4130 boys and 4623 girls) aged 4 to 17 years, from four Peruvian cities: Barranco, La Merced, San Ramón an...