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Proportionality of small-for-gestational age babies at birth: perinatal associations and postnatal sequelae. 1986

M Ounsted, and V A Moar, and A Scott

Head and chest circumference and crown-rump length measurements were obtained for 413 small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants at birth; and head-chest, head-crown-rump and chest-crown rump ratios derived. There was an inverse correlation between head-chest ratios and gestational age, and boys had higher ratios than girls. First-born infants, and those whose mothers had pre-eclampsia had higher ratios than the rest, and higher ratios were associated with instrumental delivery. Higher ratios were also found for girls (but not boys) born to women of above average weight, and those who suffered birth asphyxia or other problems in the neonatal period. When adjustment was made for confounding between variables gestational age and sex were the only factors making a significant contribution to the variance in head-chest ratios at birth. SGA babies with relatively high head-chest ratios at birth grew faster than those with lower ratios during the first 6 mth of life. Girls with above-average ratios were heavier and had larger heads at the age of 7 yr, but no differences were found for either sex in any aspect of developmental ability at 7 yr associated with head-chest ratios at birth.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007234	Infant, Premature	A human infant born before 37 weeks of GESTATION.	Neonatal Prematurity,Premature Infants,Preterm Infants,Infant, Preterm,Infants, Premature,Infants, Preterm,Premature Infant,Prematurity, Neonatal,Preterm Infant
D007236	Infant, Small for Gestational Age	An infant having a birth weight lower than expected for its gestational age.
D008297	Male		Males
D011225	Pre-Eclampsia	A complication of PREGNANCY, characterized by a complex of symptoms including maternal HYPERTENSION and PROTEINURIA with or without pathological EDEMA. Symptoms may range between mild and severe. Pre-eclampsia usually occurs after the 20th week of gestation, but may develop before this time in the presence of trophoblastic disease.	Toxemias, Pregnancy,EPH Complex,EPH Gestosis,EPH Toxemias,Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension Gestosis,Gestosis, EPH,Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria Gestosis,Preeclampsia,Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1,Pregnancy Toxemias,Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension Gestosis,Toxemia Of Pregnancy,1, Preeclampsia Eclampsia,1s, Preeclampsia Eclampsia,EPH Toxemia,Eclampsia 1, Preeclampsia,Eclampsia 1s, Preeclampsia,Edema Proteinuria Hypertension Gestosis,Gestosis, Edema-Proteinuria-Hypertension,Gestosis, Hypertension-Edema-Proteinuria,Gestosis, Proteinuria-Edema-Hypertension,Hypertension Edema Proteinuria Gestosis,Of Pregnancies, Toxemia,Of Pregnancy, Toxemia,Pre Eclampsia,Preeclampsia Eclampsia 1s,Pregnancies, Toxemia Of,Pregnancy Toxemia,Pregnancy, Toxemia Of,Proteinuria Edema Hypertension Gestosis,Toxemia Of Pregnancies,Toxemia, EPH,Toxemia, Pregnancy,Toxemias, EPH
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011297	Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects	The consequences of exposing the FETUS in utero to certain factors, such as NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; DRUGS; RADIATION; and other physical or chemical factors. These consequences are observed later in the offspring after BIRTH.	Delayed Effects, Prenatal Exposure,Late Effects, Prenatal Exposure
D002508	Cephalometry	The measurement of the dimensions of the HEAD.	Craniometry
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children