Classification of infants into low birth weight (LBW, <2500 g) or very low birth weight (VLBW, <2000 g) categories is a crucial step in targeting interventions to high-risk infants. The National ...

Measuring the maximum occipitofrontal circumference only once at birth or within 24 h after birth may lead to misclassifications of microcephaly. This study compared the head circumference (HC) of ...

The definitions of penile length have become of increasing interest in different countries and cultures. Various studies have reported penile dimensions in different countries (Table 1), but due to ...

This project aims to explore the effectiveness of using body circumference measurements as a method to predict body fat percentage. By applying multiple linear regression theories and techniques, we ...

To construct a clinical management matrix using serial fetal abdominal circumference measurements (ACMs) that will predict normal birth weight in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes (GDM) ...

When age-adjusted BMI and waist circumference measurements were correlated with hospital records and cause-of-death statistics, results showed that in those categorised as overweight and obese around ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to estimate the accuracy of measuring neck circumference as a diagnostic method for overweight in 10-year-old children. METHODS: A cross-sectional diagnostic ...

1 Child Growth & Anthropology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India 2 Genetics & Metabolic Unit, Department of Pediatrics, ...

Neck circumference is closely related to cardiovascular disease CVD and other CVD risk factors Heres what doctor says ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The body mass index (BMI) isn’t a perfect measure for obesity.

This was the datamining course project at LAU in which, using a dataset provided by Dr. Rasha Boulos, several models were used to estimate the body mass index based on some bodily circumference ...