Biomaterial Database

[Body height, body mass and head circumference in children from birth to 3 years of age]. 1996

C Scheffler

Institut für Zoophysiologie und Zellbiologie, FG Humanbiologie, Universität Potsdam.

Starting with a number of 3301 newborns body height, body mass and head circumference amongst other values were measured in a prospective anthropometric study. After 3 years 339 children could be measured again. Average values for the above measures were taken at birth and after 3, 12, 24 and 36 months. In addition to it the respective average speeds of growth were determined. During the first trimenon the children are growing very intensively. Concerning the absolute measures boys are mostly taller than girls. These differences decrease at the end of the third year of life. Girls have a larger speed of growth since the second year of life.

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
D008297	Male		Males
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001827	Body Height	The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.	Body Heights,Height, Body,Heights, Body
D001835	Body Weight	The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms.	Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D002508	Cephalometry	The measurement of the dimensions of the HEAD.	Craniometry
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man