title: Gender-related differences in rectal temperature in human neonates.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the gender-related differences in human neonates' body temperature. Rectal temperatures of 101 newborns (52 girls and 49 boys) were measured using a calibrated glass-mercury thermometer five times during their first 5 days of life. Results show that the temperature of males, averaged over 5 days, was significantly lower (37.068 degrees C) than that of females (37.168 degrees C). This result suggests that gender-dependent differences in baseline body temperature are present at birth.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis Medical University, 4. Nagyvarad sq., H-1089, Budapest, Hungary. Emese.Nagy@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nagy
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum; D012727:Sex Characteristics