Relationship Between Neonatal Length, Birth Weight and Gestational Age In Term Appropriate For Gestational Age Newborns, A Study Among 380 Newborns In North India
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: To look for and establish if there is any relationship between neonatal length, birth weight and gestational age and to try and arrive at a way for estimating neonatal length when only the birth weight and gestational age are known, in the term, appropriate for gestational age (AGA) newborns. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study of all the 380 singleton term babies (209 males; 171females) with birth weights appropriate for gestational age( AGA), examined at the time of birth, born in the two year period, were the study subjects. The Exclusion criteria were: multiple pregnancy, intrauterine growth retardation and major structural or chromosomal anomalies. Stepwise linear regression analysis with gestational age (in days) and weight parameter(in kgs) was employed to yield the best-fit formula for predicting neonatal length (in cms) at birth The relationship between the parameters was arrived at using linear regression analysis using the statistical software SPSS15 Results: We were able to establish a relationship between neonatal length, birth weight and gestational age & arrive at a mathematical derivation for estimating neonatal length for the other two parameters Conclusion: There is a relationship between the neonatal length, gestational age and birth weight which could be worked out in the form of a mathematical formulation. The new formula is relatively easy to use and needs no adjustment to centiles. It allows reliable length estimation in the term AGA newborns.
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Pushpendra Magon, Bharatwaj R. S
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Relationship Between Neonatal Length, Birth Weight and Gestational Age In Term Appropriate For Gestational Age Newborns, A Study Among 380 Newborns In North India
Objective: To look for and establish if there is any relationship between neonatal length, birth weight and gestational age and to try and arrive at a way for estimating neonatal length when only the birth weight and g...