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OBJECTIVE: We aimed to provide a database for the craniofacial measurements of newborn infants in Aydın, Turkey as well as to investigate the relation between craniofacial measurements and leptin/IGF-1 levels. MATERIALS and METHODS: A total of 152 healthy full-term infants (78 males, 74 females) were taken into study, which 23 male ve 16 female infants were weighting less than 3000 gr. The anthropometric measurements applied included head circumference, head length (g-op), head width (eu-eu), forehead width (ft-ft), head height (v-n), outer canthal distance (ex-ex), intercanthal distance (en-en), palpebral fissure length (en-ex), nasal width (al-al), intercommissural distance (ch-ch), facial height (n-gn), forehead height (n-tr), facial width (zy-zy), ear length (sa-sba). Also, leptin and IGF-1 levels were determined in umblical cord blood. RESULTS: Significant differences between the sexes, were found only in the length of ear and leptin results (p |
