[Anthropometric cranial measures of normal newborn].
OBJECTIVE
The study has been carried out through anthropometric measures of Bahian newborns, to define measures according with the reality of this region.


METHODS
Study type transversal cut in term babies with the measures of cephalic perimeter, biauricular and anteroposterior distances, fontanel and cephalic index.


RESULTS
388 babies, 204 (52.6%) of males and 184 (47.4%) females had been evaluated. The cephalic perimeter varied between 31.0 and 38.0 cm, with 34.4 +/- 1.2 average. The cephalic index varied between 0.75 and 1.06, with 0.91 +/- 0.05 average.


CONCLUSIONS
The anthropometric measures are surveyed aiming at precocious detention of anomalies. Possibly, these measures can be influenced by racial factors; however, the measures carried through in Brazil follow values of foreign authors. Thus, the study shows data of a Northeastern region and points out the importance of the accomplishment of multicentric studies.
Mota
Maira
M
Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil. clinicaanemm@hotmail.com
Melo
Ailton
A
Burak
Caroline
C
Daltro
Carla
C
Rodrigues
Bernardo
B
Lucena
Rita
R
D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D001938:Brazil; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000592:standards*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors