background: increased requirement and decreased dietary intakes of micronutrients during pregnancy might affect maternal health and pregnancy outcomes. this study was aimed to examine the effects of two types of multiple micronutrient supplementations on pregnancy outcomes in kashan, iran. methods: in a randomized single‑blind controlled clinical trial, 104 primigravid singleton pregnant women ...

background: admission of low birth-weight (lbw) neonates in neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) causes their deprivation of tactile and sensory stimulation. objective: the purpose of this study was to evaluate efficacy of body massage on growth parameters (weight, height and head circumference) gain velocity of lbw in yazd, iran. materials and methods: a randomized clinical trial study was cond...

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backgounds: a number of studies have focused on the effects of season of birth, as an environmental factor, on embryonic development. methods: in a retrospective descriptive work, heights (crown to heel), weights and head circumferences of the full term, normal, and singleton newborn infants in hamadan city (west of iran) were collected from their randomly selected files in fattemieh hospital d...

determination of birth indices is essential for primary supportive care, evaluation of perinatal anomalies, determination amount of difference from standard values and for further follow up. in this study using a multicentre sampling, a number of 2832 healthy neonates selected. mean and percentile values of four main birth indices; weight, height, head and chest circumference are presented. in ...

CONTEXT Mid-arm circumference of the newborn is strongly associated with birth weight and is a very good indicator of low and insufficient birth weight. However, there are few Brazilian studies on the relationship between mid-arm and head circumferences and, thus, this does not form part of the routine evaluation for newborns. OBJECTIVES To establish the mid-arm circumference and mid-arm/head...

The aims of this study were to identify factors associated with birthweight, birth length and head circumference for triplets, and analyze these body size parameters at birth, especially head circumference, according to gestational age. The subjects of this study were 370 mothers and their 1109 triplet children (excluding one stillborn infant) who were born between 1978 and 2002. The gestationa...

background: adolescent pregnancy and childbirth are associated with increased risk and challenges for both mothers and birth outcomes. objective: to investigate the associations of growth change over time with parenting factors and to compare the differences between children born to adolescent and adult mothers in taiwan. materials and methods: the dataset retrieved from taiwan birth cohort stu...