Low head circumference during early childhood and its predictors in a semi-urban settlement of Vellore, Southern India

Low head circumference during early childhood and its predictors in a semi-urban settlement of Vellore, Southern India

Stunting in developing countries continues to be a major public health problem. Measuring head circumference (HC) during clinical anthropometric assessment can help predict stunting. The aim of this study was to assess burden and determine the predictors of low HC (

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC pediatrics 2019-06, Vol.19 (1), p.182-182, Article 182
Hauptverfasser: Sindhu, Kulandaipalayam Natarajan, Ramamurthy, Prashanth, Ramanujam, Karthikeyan, Henry, Ankita, Bondu, Joseph Dian, John, Sushil Mathew, Babji, Sudhir, Koshy, Beena, Bose, Anuradha, Kang, Gagandeep, Mohan, Venkata Raghava
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Sprache:eng
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Anemia
Autism
Brain research
Caregivers
Child development
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Cognition
Demographic aspects
Developing countries
Forecasts and trends
Growth
Growth disorders
Head circumference measurement
India
Inflammation
Influence
Laboratories
LDCs
Malnutrition
Maternal head circumference
Nutrition
Paternal head circumference
Physiological aspects
Public health
Quantitative psychology
Regression analysis
Social class
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Zusammenfassung:Stunting in developing countries continues to be a major public health problem. Measuring head circumference (HC) during clinical anthropometric assessment can help predict stunting. The aim of this study was to assess burden and determine the predictors of low HC (
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/s12887-019-1553-0