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Volume 05
Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
ISSN: 2572-4983
World Pediatrics 2019
December 04-05, 2019
December 04-05, 2019 | Barcelona, Spain
32
nd
World Pediatrics Conference
Percentile growth charts for symmetric and asymmetric small for gestational age infants
Harvinder Kaur, A K Bhalla
and
Praveen Kumar
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
A
ge and sex specific percentile growth charts for body weight and crown-heel length (CHL) of full-term 100
symmetric small for gestational age (SGA) (boys: 50, girls: 50), 100 asymmetric SGA (boys: 50, girls: 50) and
100 appropriate for gestational age (AGA) (boys: 50, girls: 50) infants representing upper socioeconomic strata have
been presented. Ponderal Index (PI) was used to categorize SGA babies into symmetric SGA (PI ≥ 2.2 g/cm
3
) and
asymmetric SGA (PI < 2.2 g/cm
3
). Body weight and CHL of the babies were measured at birth, 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12
months of age in the Growth Laboratory/Clinic of Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India using
standardized techniques and instruments following a mixed-longitudinal growth research design. The 3
rd
, 5
th
, 10
th
,
25
th
, 50
th
, 75
th
, 90
th
, 95
th
and 97
th
percentiles were computed using formulae given by Tanner et al., (1966) after
applying Healy’s (1962) correction. The 50
th
percentile plotted for body weight and CHL of SGA and AGA infants
demonstrated a continuous increase throughout infancy. As compared to their normal Indian, Western, MGRS and
AGA counterparts, the curves plotted for SGA infants of the two types and sexes ran below throughout infancy.
However, the magnitude of this deficit was recorded to be more in symmetric than asymmetric SGA infants. Growth
charts provided may be used for comparative purpose and to detect nutritional deficits and growth aberrations of
full-term SGA and AGA infants inhabiting north-western parts of India.
Biography
Harvinder Kaur obtained her PhD degree on the Growth of Symmetric and Asymmetric SGA infants from PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. Currently, she is working
as Assistant Professor in Child Growth and Anthropology Unit of the Department of Pediatrics. She has over 15 years of experience in conducting longitudinal,
auxological, nutritional and maturational studies on normal and sick children. She has published 22 research papers in Journals of National and International
repute.
Harvinder Kaur et al., Neonat Pediatr Med 2019, Volume: 05