IDENTIFYING LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES USING CALF CIRCUMFERENCE AMONG NEONATES IN A SEMI-URBAN AREA

Autor:	Sekar Pasupathy, Balaji Ramraj, Karthikeyan Panneerselvam, Sushmitha Goli, Subash Sundar, Sathyamoorthy Mani
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Semi urban Obstetrics business.industry Birth weight Chest circumference Anthropometry Low birth weight Normal weight Calf circumference medicine population characteristics Cutoff medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Child Health. 6:91-94
ISSN:	2349-6126 2349-6118
Popis:	Background: Low birth weight (LBW) still persists as a public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. There is a constant search to find newer methods to detect LBW babies so that early interventions can be taken. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the critical limit and to assess the reliability of calf circumference (CaC) measurement in detecting LBW babies. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital between April 2018 and September 2018. In this study, a total of 185 newborns were included in the study. Anthropometric measurements (Calf Circumference [CaC], birth weight, head circumference, crown-rump length, chest circumference, and thigh circumference) were taken as per standard guidelines. Collected data were analyzed for determining the mean, standard deviation, critical limit, receiver operating characteristic curve, Pearson correlation coefficient, and regression analysis of the anthropometric measurements at birth in relation to birth weight. Results: The mean CaC of LBW babies was 9.16±0.11 cm and in normal weight babies, it was 10.86±0.09 cm. The mean values of CaC were significantly lower in LBW babies (p
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