[Somatometry in full-term newborns in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Study of a middle-class population].
OBJECTIVE
Realize a somatometric study in the Tabasco zone and compared this results with a similar study.


METHODS
Full term newborns without patology take weight, height and head circumference.


METHODS
In Villahermosa City, Capital of Tabasco State in México, from march 1, 1988 to january 31, 1989.


METHODS
915 fullterm newborn, male 450, female 465, from the patients of Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Social Security System).


RESULTS
The average weight in male was 3,290 g, with standard deviation (SD) 358 g, in female 3,130, SD 343 g (P less than 0.01); height in male 50.2, SD 1.3 cm, female 49.8, SD 1.3 cm (P less than 0.01); head circumference in male 34.7, SD 1.5 cm, female 34.5 SD 1.5 cm (P: without significance). We make our own percentiles.


CONCLUSIONS
We found stadistic significance between both sexes; we don't found between another study; when we compared our work with others in past decades, observed the improved obtained by the people in our country.
Jiménez-Balderas
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EA
Jefatura de Enseñanza e Investigación, Hospital General de Zona 1, Villahermosa, Tabasco, México.
Sabino Osorio-Pérez
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R
Huerta-Muñoz
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V
Quijano de la Cruz
A
A
D001824:Body Constitution; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012016:Reference Values; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012923:Social Class
Somatometría en el recién nacido a término en Villahermosa, Tabasco, México. Estudio en una población de clase media.