title: [Reference tables of arm circumference from birth to 12 years of age for Argentinian girls and boys].
abstract: Standards for arm circumference for Argentinian children from birth to twelve years are presented. Such tables were constructed with healthy children living in La Plata, Argentina, a city with prevalent universitary and administrative population. Two samples of children were utilized: one from a longitudinal study which included 121 girls and 129 boys, from the middle class level who were periodically measured from birth up to the 144th week; the other one derived from a cross-sectional study covering 897 girls and 892 boys aged four to twelve years. This second sample was obtained applying a probabilistic and stratified sampling method, and is representative of La Plata's population for that group of age. Approximately 70% of the children belonged to the upper and middle social class. Raw and smoothed selected centiles are presented and compared to other communities, both local and foreign.
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001118:Argentina; D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
vernacular_title: Tablas de referencia del perímetro del brazo desde el nacimiento hasta los doce años, para niñas y niños Argentinos.