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Paramita
Mukhopadhyay,
Lopamudra
Mandal,
Biswajit
Das,
Parijat
Mukherjee
.
STUDY
OF
ANTHROPOMETRIC
MEASUREMENTS
TO
ASSESS
GROWTH
PATTERN
OF
CHILDREN
AT
THE
AGE
OF
TWO
TO
THREE
YEARS
WITH
HISTORY
OF
PREMATURE
BIRTH
. Int J Anatomy Res 2016;4(4):2914-2920. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2016.369.
Type of Article: Original Research
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.369
Page No.: 2914-2920
STUDY
OF
ANTHROPOMETRIC
MEASUREMENTS
TO
ASSESS
GROWTH
PATTERN
OF
CHILDREN
AT
THE
AGE
OF
TWO
TO
THREE
YEARS
WITH HISTORY OF PREMATURE BIRTH
Paramita Mukhopadhyay
1
, Lopamudra Mandal *
2
, Biswajit Das
3
, Parijat Mukherjee
4
.
1
MD, Assistant Professor, Dept
.
of Anatomy, Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
*2
MD, Associate Professor, Dept
.
of Anatomy,Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India.
3
MD, Assistant Professor, Dept
.
of Paediatrics, Maldah Medical College, Kolkata, India.
4
MBBS, Post Graduate Trainee, Dept
.
of Anatomy, North Bengal Medical College, Shushrutnagar, Darjeeling, India.
Correspondence
Address:
Dr.Lopamudra
Mandal,
Geetanjali
Apartment,Flat
3B,
86/13,Brojen
Mukherjee
Road,
Kolkata
7000034,
India.
E-Mail:
drlopamudradhali@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Background
: The aim was to depict any existing difference between the growth of children with history of prematurity from that of the control population.
Materials
and
Methods
:
A
case
control
study
was
conducted
in
R.G.Kar
Medical
College,
Kolkata
among
240
children(120
cases
and
120
controls)
to
assess
the
effect
of
prematurity
on
the
growth
of
children
aged
two
and
three
years
by
using
anthropometric
parameters
We
measured
height,
weight,
head
circumference, chest circumference and mid upper arm circumference on both cases and controls (in both age groups and sexes).
Results
:
Comparison
of
respective
data
was
done
from
same
age
and
gender
groups
of
cases
and
controls
using
students
t
test.
The
study
suggested
that
statistically
significant
differences
exist
between
cases
and
controls
regarding
chest
circumference
in
two
year
age
group
and
height
in
both
two
and
three
years age group in both males and females.
Conclusion
: The results indicate that prematurity does affect the growth of children at least upto three years.
KEY WORDS: Growth, Prematurity, Anthropometry.
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