title: [Anthropometric cranial measures of normal newborn].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil. clinicaanemm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: Ailton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burak
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daltro
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lucena
mesh_terms: 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