HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE RATIO, PONDERAL INDEX AND FETAL MALNUTRITION - SHOULD HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE RATIO BE ABANDONED

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作者
COLLEY, NV
TREMBLE, JM
HENSON, GL
COLE, TJ
机构
[1] BROOK GEN HOSP,LONDON SE18 4LW,ENGLAND
[2] WHITTINGTON HOSP,LONDON N19 5NF,ENGLAND
[3] MRC,DUNN NUTR UNIT,CAMBRIDGE CB4 1XJ,ENGLAND
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BRITISH JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY | 1991年 / 98卷 / 06期
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10.1111/j.1471-0528.1991.tb10363.x
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R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
Head circumference/abdominal circumference (HC/AC) ratios of the fetus are accepted as a means of distinguishing different patterns of growth retardation with a high ratio implying malnutrition of the fetus. Ponderal index (birthweight/length3) is used by paediatricians as a measure of neonatal wasting and would therefore be expected to correlate with HC/AC ratios at delivery. Anthropometric data on 999 newborn infants have been collected and analyzed by multiple regression. The results show a poor correlation between ponderal index and HC/AC ratio, worse than that between ponderal index and AC alone. The use of HC/AC ratios antenatally to identify subgroups of intrauterine malnutrition should be abandoned. The prediction of intrauterine malnutrition by weight/length ratios should be investigated further.
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