title: [The development of chest circumference in the first 3 years of life--results of a longitudinal study].
abstract: The chest circumference of 175 children (84 boys, 91 girls) was investigated from birth to the age of three years. Boys were shown to have greater distance values than girls. The growth velocity was highest in the first trimenon. The distance values of our children are lower than those of children investigated in the same territory during the periods of 1958/60 and 1970/71. The chest circumference as related to body length was found to be lower than described in previous investigations. These results are possible to recommended as reference values.
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Bewer
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001604:Berlin; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013909:Thorax / Q000254:growth & development*
vernacular_title: Die Entwicklung des Brustumfanges in den ersten 3 Lebensjahren--Ergebnisse einer Längsschnittuntersuchung.